Scientific name

Sakencyrtus mirus Hayat

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae: Tetracneminae

Diagnosis

Female: Length 1.17-1.34mm. Body yellowish with pale brownish suffusions on frontovertex and thoracic dorsum; propodeum brownish on sides; gaster dark brown; antennal radicle and scape in basal 2/3 as frontovertex, but ventral margin of scape very narrowly reddish brown, rest of scape whitish; pedicel, funicle and clava dark brown to nearly black; fore wing reduced, hyaline; hind wings very short, about 2/5 of fore wings; legs yellowish (Hayat, 1981).

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Distribution

India: Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh (Hayat, 2006).

References

  • Hayat, M. 1981. Taxonomic notes on Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). III. Colemania, 1: 13-34.
  • Hayat, M. 2006. Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). viii +496pp. Published by M. Hayat, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.

Credits

Factsheet prepared by Dr. A. Rameshkumar, Research associate, NPIB, NBAIR.