 Fig 1. Female, Dicopus longipes |
 Fig 2. Dicopus noyesi, lateral view |
 Fig 3. Adult, dorsal view |
 Fig 4. Antenna |
 Fig 5. Wings |
Nomenclature
Dicopus Enock, 1909: 455. Type species: Dicopus minutissimus Enock, by monotypy.
Diagnosis
Dicopus belongs to the Alaptus group of genera and the diagnostic characters are as follows:
- Female antenna (Fig. 4) with funicle 7-segmented
- Head in anterior view with mandibles projecting ventrally, not crossed when closed
- Face beak like, genae converging strongly below eyes; mandible with one long and one short tooth
- Fore wing (Fig. 5) extremely narrow medially, with posterior margin evenly curved medially and somewhat straighter towards apex
- Tarsi 5-segmented
- Mesophragma projecting well into gaster (Fig. 3), gaster broadly sessile.
Geographic Distribution
Cosmopolitan.
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Hosts and habitat
Hemiptera: Diaspididae (Fiorinia fioriniae and Unaspis euonymi) (Noyes, 2013).
Species in India
- noyesi Manickavasagam, 2011 (original description) (Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
References
Manickavasagam, S. and Rameshkumar, A. 2011. First report of three genera of fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India with description of a new species of Dicopus and some other records. Zootaxa, 3094: 63-68.
Ramesh Kumar et al., 2013