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Scientific nameMyiocnema comperei Ashmead
Taxonomic positionHymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eriaporidae
Diagnosis
Female: Length 1.2mm. Head and thorax above aeneous black; sides of thorax, coxae and femora blue-black; antennae and tegulae brown; knees of middle legs, anterior tibiae and all tarsi, except terminal joints, yellowish; tibial spurs white; middle and hind tibiae fuscous; hind tibiae in both sexes armed with stiff black bristles; wings hyaline, with a broad fuscous discoidal band below marginal vein; antenna 8-segmented, clava 2-segmented.
![]() ![]() ![]() ImagesDistribution
India: Haryana (Ram et al., 2011).
Biology / HostsAleyrodes sp. (Aleyrodidae); Aphis sacchari (Aphididae); Coccus sp., C. viridis, Parasaissetia nigra, Saissetia oleae (Coccidae); Eriococcus coriaceus(Eriococcidae); Kermes acacia (Kermesidae); Planococcus citri (Pseudococcidae) (Noyes, 2013).
References
CreditsFactsheet prepared by Dr. A. Rameshkumar, Research associate, NPIB, NBAIR.
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