Scientific name

Agiommatus thyrsisae Gupta & Gawas, 2016

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae

Diagnosis

Female: Body length 2.53 mm. Head and mesosoma metallic dark green, eyes and ocelli brown. Antenna with scape, pedicel and anelli yellow testaceous; funicular segments yellowish brown, fading towards clava; clava pale yellow with extreme apex dark brown. Gaster metallic green except T1 and T2 dark brown (T2 in some specimens light brown apically); coxa concolourous with mesosoma except pale apex; legs pale testaceous except extreme apices. Wings hyaline with veins and pilosity light brown.

 Head
 Antenna
 Forewing
 Mesosoma
 Metasoma

Image

 Female - lateral view

Distribution

India: Karnataka.

Biology / Hosts

Egg of Gangara thyrsis (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).

References

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