Scientific name
Cyrtogaster clavicornis Walker, 1833
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae
Diagnosis
Body length 1.4 mm. Body dark bluish green; antennae yellowish brown; legs testaceous except coxae; wings hyaline. Head finely reticulate; antennae with pedicel plus flagellum slightly longer than head width; anterior margin of pronatal collar carinate, notauli completely hairy; marginal fringe long. Metasoma with petiole transverse. Maxillary palpi of male enlarged.
Image
 Male - lateral view
Distribution
India: Kerala and Karnataka.
Biology / Hosts
Collected through sweep net.
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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