Scientific name
Neocharitopus orientalis (Agarwal)
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae
Diagnosis
Female: Dorsal side black. Scutellum with elongate reticulate to lineolate-reticulate sculpture contrasting with the reticulate sculpture of mesoscutum. Antenna with six-segmented funicle, F1 transverse, F2 to F5 longer than broad, club three-segmented. Mandibles bidentate. Malar space longer than half length of eye. Forewing with marginal vein not longer than stigmal vein, postmarginal vein slightly longer than stigmal.
Mesosoma - dorsal viewMale: Similar to female, except antenna ramose / branched. Commonly collected as a parasitoid of Coccidohystrix insolita (Green) in south India.
Images
Female (left) and male (right) - dorsal view
Male - lateral view
Distribution
India: Karnataka; Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh.
Biology and hosts
Coccidohystrix insolita (Green), ?Chionaspis sp. on Rhynchosia mimosa (Hayat, 2006).
References
- Hayat, M. 2006. Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University. 496 p.
- Noyes, J.S. & Hayat, M. 1984. A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 48: 131-395.
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