Scientific name

Acroclisoides Girault & Dodd, 1915

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae

Diagnosis

Head distinctly broad; distinct occipital carina; clypeal margin straight; antennae inserted high above centre of face, with two anelli; mesoscutum with complete notauli; metasoma petiolate, petiole longer than wide; MV of forewing more or less widened.

Image

 Adult - dorsal view

Distribution

India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

Biology / Hosts

Eggs of Pentatomidae.

References

  • Noyes, J.S. 2014. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids.
  • Sureshan, P.M. 2003. Pteromalinae (Pteromalidae: Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera) of Indian subcontinent. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 205: iii+170pp.