Scientific name

Stilbula tanjorensis (Mani & Dubey)

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae

Diagnosis

Frons with longitudinal striations weak and seen on upper half; hardly traceable beyond antennal toruli; scutellum with a slender stalk diverging into elongated spines; body black with dark green or blue metallic reflections; stigma distinct; mesopleuron with a large smooth area, stalk of scutellar process brown with teeth paler; head and mesosoma bluish green with metallic reflections.

 Head
 Mesosoma

Image

 Adult - lateral view

Distribution

Kerala and Tamil Nadu (Girish Kumar & Narendran, 2007b), and Pudhucherry (Gupta & Manickavasagam, 2013).

References

  • Girish Kumar, P. & Narendran, T.C. 2007b. New record of Stilbula tanjorensis (Mani & Dubey) (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from Kerala, India. Zoos' Print Journal, 22(10): 2869
  • Gupta, A. & Manickavasagam, S. 2013. Taxonomic notes on a collection of Indian Eucharitidae (a family of ant parasitoids) with description of female of Schizaspidia andamanensis (Mani) from Andaman islands, India. Journal of Biological Control 27(2): 73-80.

Credits

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