Scientific name
Chlorocytus indicus Sureshan, 2000
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae
Diagnosis
Body length 2.2 mm. Bright metallic blue with green tinge; antenna with scape testaceous, pedicel yellowish brown, remainder brown. Hind coxae concolorus with mesosoma. Head distinctly punctuate, mesosoma reticulate punctuate; pronotal collar sharply carinate; propodeum finely reticulate with complete median carina. Fore wings hyaline with setae on basal vein. Metasoma longer than head plus mesosoma combined, dorsally collapsing.
 Mesosoma
 Metasoma
Image
 Female - lateral view
Distribution
India: Kerala.
Biology / Hosts
Mostly collected through sweep net on grasses.
References
- Noyes, J.S. 2012. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids.
- Sureshan, P.M. 2000. Studies on Chlorocytus Graham of Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species. Rec. Zool. Sur. India, 98 (Part-2):141-145.
- 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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