 Fig 1. Adult, lateral view |
 Fig 2. Adult, lateral view |
 Fig 3. Adult, lateral view |
 Fig 4. Female, lateral view |
.jpg) Fig 5. Antenna |
 Fig 6. Antenna |
.jpg) Fig 7. Wings |
 Fig 8. Forewing |
Ramesh Kumar et al., 2013
Nomenclature
Arescon Walker, 1846: 50. Type species: Mymar dimidiatus Curtis, by monotypy.
Leimacis Forster, 1847: 208. Type species: Leimacis rufula Forster, by monotypy. Synonymy; by Forster 1856: 119).
Xenomymar Crawford, 1913: 349. Type species: Xenomymar urichi Crawford, by original designation. Synonymy by Annecke and Doutt (1961: 12).
Neurotes Enock, 1914: cxxxiv. Type species: Neurotes iridescens Enock, by monotypy. Synonymy by De Santis (1967: 102).
Diagnosis
Arescon belongs to the Arescon group of genera and the diagnostic characters are as follows:
- Female head in side view more or less evenly curved anteriorly
- Ocelli enclosed by stemmaticum
- Antenna (Figs. 5, 6) with 5-segmented funicle, first segment usually shortest
- Marginal vein (Figs. 7, 8) greatly elongate, venation extending to half or more the length of wing and much longer than submarginal vein
- Tarsi 4-segmented, protibial spur not comb-like along inner margin.
Geographic Distribution
Australian, Oriental, and Neotropical regions (Lin et al., 2008). See Indian distribution map.
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Hosts and habitat
Parasitoids of Cicadellidae. Arescon enocki is known to parasitize Amrasca devastans.
Species in India
1. enocki (Subba Rao and Kaur, 1959) (original description as Neurotes enocki); Subba Rao (1966) (distribution) (Distribution: Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra)
2. mudigerensis Subba Rao, 1989 (original description) (Distribution: Karnataka)
References
Subba Rao BR. 1989. On a collection of Indian Mymaridae (Chalcidoidae: Hymenoptera). Hexapoda, 1: 139-186.
Subba Rao BR, Hayat M. 1983. Key to the genera of Oriental Mymaridae, with a preliminary catalog (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 20: 125-150.
Subba Rao BR, Kaur RB. 1959. Studies on Indian Mymaridae. I. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. B49: 227-238.
Walker F. 1846. Descriptions of the Mymaridae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 18: 49-54.