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.
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