Nomenclature

Eubroncus Yoshimoto, Kozlov and Trjapitzin, 1972: 879. Type species: Eubroncus orientalis Yoshimoto, Kozlov and Trjapitzin, by original designation.
Stomarotrum Yoshimoto, Kozlov and Trjapitzin, 1972: 881. Type species: Stomarotrum prodigiosum Yoshimoto, Kozlov and Trjapitzin, by original designation. Synonymy by Triapitsyn and Huber (2000: 613).

Diagnosis

This genus belongs to the Anagroidea group of genera and can be distinguished by the following characters.

Head strongly angular (subtriangular) in lateral view (Figs. 1-4), with acute angle between face and vertex, and a subrectangular projection between toruli.
Hind wing wide and bluntly rounded apically
Antenna with short funicle segments
Mandibles (Figs. 1-4) not crossing medially, extremely long and narrow, with a strong apical tooth and row of denticles on ventral margin
Fore leg with inner margin of protibial spur distinctly comblike
Male flagellum 11-segmented

Geographic Distribution

Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental, Australian, and Afrotropical regions (Lin et al., 2008).

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Hosts and habitat

Not known.

Species in India

indicus Hayat and Khan, 2009 (original description and first report from India)(Distribution: Karnataka, West Bengal)

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References

Hayat M, Khan FR. 2009. First record of Eubroncus from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae), with description of a new species, Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1(8): 439-440.

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

Yoshimoto CM, Kozlov MA, Trjapitzin VA. (1972). A new subfamily of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). [In Russian].

Ramesh Kumar et al., 2013