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Scientific namePsyllaephagus phylloplectae Sushil & Khan
Taxonomic positionInsecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae
DiagnosisFemale: (Fig. 1) Length: 2.50mm. Head and mesosoma (thorax) brilliant metallic green, shining; metasoma (gaster) medially dark brown to black, lateral margins of tergites metallic green; antennae brownish-yellow with scape apically and basally yellowish, median 3/5th dark brown, F1- F6 brownish-yellow, club yellowish-brown, with apical two segments darker; legs whitish, fore coxae white, middle coxae basally dark metallic green, apically and ventrally whitish-yellow, hind coxae dark metallic green, apically narrowly whitish; tegulae yellowish. Antenna with scape flattened and expanded, 2.2x as long as wide, F1-F6 longer than wide, slightly but gradually increasing in width apically; club 3-segmented, compact, 1.85x longer than wide, blunt at apex. Mesoscutum wider than long, more or less uniformly punctate with strong, reticulate sculpture in interspaces; scutellum longer than wide, with slightly larger and sparser punctures and reticulate sculpture. Forewing with marginal vein and postmarginal vein distinctly shorter than stigmal vein. Metasoma elongate triangular, apically pointed.
Male: (Fig. 2) Length: 2.10-2.30mm. Resembles female, but antennae distinctly sexually dimorphic; scape yellow, cylindrical, with outer and inner margins sinuate, with a T-shaped dark brown marking apically extending to distal 2/3rd in dorsal inner half; pedicel yellow, obtriangular, apically slightly brownish. FI-III yellowish, basally dark brown, distinctly transverse; FIV-VI narrowly yellow, with basal and lateral margins brown, longer than broad; club more or less suffused with brown, shorter than F5 and F6 combined. ImagesDistribution
India (Karnataka).
Biologyex: Megatrioza hirsuta (Crawford) on leaf galls of Terminalia sp.
Reference
CreditsFactsheet prepared by Dr. Ankita Gupta, Scientist, NBAIR. Web content added by Lavanya, 03-03-2018.
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