Scientific name
Dinarmus colemani (Crawford, 1913)
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Diagnosis
Body length 2.5 mm. Bluish black with metallic shine; metasoma brownish black; antenna brown, scape and pedicel lighter. Head moderately reticulate; anterior margin of clypeus almost straight; antennae inserted distinctly above lower margin of eyes; pedicel slightly shorter than F1, third anellus longest. Mesosoma reticulate punctate; propodeum with distinct nucha. Fore wing with stigma moderately capitate; post marginal vein little shorter than marginal vein; metasoma ovate.
Image
Adult - dorsal view
Distribution
India: Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Jharkhand, and Bihar.
Biology / Hosts
Callosobruchus chinensis.
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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