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Fig 1. Female, dorsal view

Fig 2. Female, dorsal view

Fig 3. Female, dorsal view

Fig 4. Female, lateral view

Nomenclature

Alaptus Westwood, 1839: 79. Type species: Alaptus minimus Westwood, by monotypy.
Parvulinus Mercet, 1912: 332. Type species: Parvulinus auranti Mercet, by monotypy. Synonymy by Girault (1913 [127]: 221).
Metalaptus Malenotti, 1917: 339. Type species: Metalaptus torquatus Malenotti, by monotypy. Synonymy by Girault (1913 [165]: 109).

Diagnosis

Alaptus belongs to the Alaptus group of genera and can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters:

Geographic Distribution

Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions.


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Hosts and habitat

Known hosts belong to Psocoptera (Lin et al., 2007), Hemiptera (Cicadellidae, Coccidae, Diaspididae), and Amphibia (Caeciliidae) (Noyes, 2013).

Species in India

1. delhiensis Mani, 1942 (original description) (Distribution: Delhi)

2. magnanimus Annandale, 1909 (original description) (Distribution: West Bengal)

3. ramakrishnai Mani, 1942 (original description) (Distribution: Tamil Nadu)

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References

Annandale N (1909) Description of a minute hymenopterous insect from Calcutta. Records of the Indian Museum 3: 299.

Lin, N. Q., Huber, J. T. and LaSalle, J. 2007. The Australian genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Zootaxa, 1596: 1-111.

Mani MS (1942) Studies on Indian parasitic Hymenoptera II. Indian Journal of Entomology 4(2): 159-160.

Noyes, J. S. 2013. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Worldwide Web electronic Publication. www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/chalcidoids/index.html (accessed 30th June, 2013).

Ramesh Kumar et al., 2013