Scientific name

Dinarmus crotalariae Gupta, 2007

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae

Diagnosis

Female: Body length 2.02 mm. Body black, gaster with metallic green shine, scape and pedicel testaceous; flagellum brown. Coxae concolorous with mesosoma; fore femur completely brown. More than three fourth of mid femur brown. Three fourth of the middle portion of hind femur blackish brown, remaining part brown. Sub apical light brown band in hind tibia, remaining part of the hind tibia pale white. Tegula blackish brown; wings pale brown with short pubescence.

Head moderately reticulate punctate with short white pubescence; anterior margin of clypeus weakly bidentate, striate, striae not reaching lower margin of eyes. POL 1.9X OOL, eyes separated by 1.57X their height. Antennae inserted distinctly above lower margin of eyes, scape exceeding frontocellus. Pedicel shorter than F1; third anellus transverse, distinctly longer than second but not as long as first and second combined; clava little shorter than preceding two segments combined.

Mesosoma reticulate punctate; pronotum as broad as mesoscutum; propodeum with nucha distinct; forewing with PMV slightly shorter than MV. Forewing with distinct arrangement of setae in costal cell, basal one fourth of wing almost without any setae; stigma moderately capitates. Relative lengths SMV 5.05, MV 2.9, PMV 2.6, STV 1.7.

Gaster elongate ovate and non collapsing.

Male: Unknown.

Image

 Adult - dorsal view

Distribution

India: Karnataka.

Host

Pods of Crotalaria mucronata Desv.

References

  • Farooqi, S. I. & B.R. Subba Rao (1986) Family Pteromalidae pp. 254-263. In: Subba Rao, B.R. and M. Hayat (Editors). The Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of India and adjacent countries. Part II.A Catalogue. Oriental Insects 20: 1-430.
  • Gupta, A. (2007) A new species of Dinarmus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from India. Entomon 32 (3): 161-167.
  • Rasplus, J.Y. (1989) Revision des especes Afrotropicales Du genre Dinarmus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Annsales de la Societe Entomologicue de France (N.S.) 25(2): 135-162.
  • Sureshan, P.M. & Narendrean T.C. (2001) Taxonomic studies on Dinarmus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) of India and adjacent countries. Zoo's Print Journal 16 (12): 643-650.
  • Sureshan, P. M. (2003) Pteromalinae (Pteromalidae: Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera) of Indian subcontinent. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional paper no. 205, 170 p. + 3 pls.