Scientific name
Dinarmus vagabundus (Timberlake, 1926)
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Diagnosis
Image
Female - profile view
Distribution
India: Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
Biology / Hosts
Parasitic on bruchids- Bruchus spp., Callosobruchus chinensis, Callosobruchus spp. etc.
References
- Noyes, J.S. 2013. 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.
- Sureshan, P.M. 2012. Checklist of Pteromalidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of India. ZSI, Western Ghats regional centre, Kozhikode, Kerala. 15pp.
- Timberlake, P.H. 1926. New species of Hawaiian chalcid flies (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 6: 305.
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