Scientific name

Stilbula bangalorica Girish Kumar & Narendran

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae

Diagnosis

Head and mesosoma with metallic green reflections; antenna 12-segmented and yellowish brown; petiole longer than metasoma; scutellar processes rugose; mesopleuron with a distinct smooth area in middle; metasoma blackish brown. Frons with semicircular striations, striations converging below toruli. Lower face with transverse striations. Mesoscutum and scutellum coarsely punctuate. Each scutellar tooth shorter than its stalk, stalk as long as wide. Petiole 0.85x as long as metasoma, swollen submedially. First tergum of metasoma shiny, upper half of metasoma dark brown to black while the lower half light brown.

 Head
 Mesosoma

Image

 Adult - lateral view

Distribution

Karnataka (Girish Kumar & Narendran, 2008).

Reference

  • Girish Kumar, P. & Narendran, T. C. 2008. A new species of Stilbula Spinola (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from Karnataka, India. Journal of Environment & Sociobiology, 5(2): 114-116.

Credits

Images and factsheet prepared by Dr. Ankita Gupta, Scientist, NBAIR.