Scientific name

Tyndarichus albiclavatus (Shafee, Alam & Agarwal) (=Parecthrodryinus albiclavatus (Shafee, Alam & Agarwal))

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae: Encyrtinae

Diagnosis

Female: Length 1.85 mm. Head dark with metallic violet reflections; pedicel and funicle dark, radicle and scape yellowish brown, clava white; thorax dark with metallic bluish green reflections; legs with coxae, trochanters and femora dark brown, remaining portion yellowish; abdomen dark with metallic violet reflections; frontovertex 3x longer than wide; scape slightly more than 5x longer than wide; funicle 1-4 sub-square, fifth and sixth slightly wider than long; post marginal vein longer than marginal and shorter than stigmal vein; gaster about as long as thorax; ovipositor slightly exserted.

Image

 Adult - dorsal view

Distribution

India: Tamil Nadu (Shafee et al., 1975), Karnataka.

Biology / Hosts

Nipaecoccus viridis (Noyes and Hayat, 1994); Nipaecoccus sp. (Shafee et al., 1975).

References

  • Hayat, M. 1986. Family Encyrtidae. (In: Subba Rao, B. R.: Hayat, M. (Eds) - The Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of India and the adjacent countries. Part II.), Oriental Insects, 20: 121.
  • Noyes, J. S. and Hayat, M. 1994. Oriental Mealybug Parasitoids of the Anagyrini (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). CAB International, Wallingford. Oxon. Viii + 554pp.
  • Shafee, S. A., Alam, S. M. and Agarwal, M. M. 1975. Taxonomic survey of encyrtid parasites (Hymenoptea: Encyrtidae) in India. Aligarh Muslim University Publications (Zoological Series) on Indian Insect Types, 10: iii + 1-125pp.