Scientific name
Anisopteromalus calandrae (Howard, 1881)
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Diagnosis
Image
Female - lateral view
Distribution
Cosmopoliton. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, West Bengal.
Biology / Hosts
Recorded hosts are Sitophilus sp., Sitophilus oryzae, Sitophilus granarius, Tribolium castaneum, Athesapeuta cyperi, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, Pempheruls affinis, Rhizopertha dominica, Cyperus rotundus, Callosobruchus sp. (Sureshan, 2003).
References
- Noyes, J.S. 2012. 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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