Scientific name
Dinarmus maculatus (Masi, 1924)
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Diagnosis
Body length 2.56 mm (dorsal view). Metallic green with bronze patches on frons, vertex, mesoscutum and scutellum; metasoma shiny and metallic. Antennae yellow brown with dark brown rings on funicular segments, anelli and clava completely brown, reaching median ocellus. Anterior margin of clypeus straight. POL 1.32x OOL. Coxae concolourous with body, femora brown, middle portion of tibiae brown. Post marginal vein 1.16x marginal vein. Propodeum with nucha reticulate. Metasoma cordiform, smooth with metallic shine.
Image
 Adult - dorsal view
Distribution
India: Kerala and West Bengal.
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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