Scientific name

Dipara miniae Narendran & Sureshan 2001

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae

Diagnosis

Main diagnostic character: Mesoscutum without any black patch or band bristles little above centre, reticulation of the body fine; antennae with F4-F6 brown (F4 partly).
Body length 1.9 mm. Head and mesosoma honey brown; antennae pale yellow with apex of F4, F5 and F6 darker; wings hyaline with three dark infumations; gaster petiole pale yellow with base honey brown, remainder of gaster honey brown with pale colour on sides of T1 and epipygium; POL 2x OOL; scutellum with area behind frenum mostly smooth with faint longitudinal striae; propodeum without median carina and with a polished elevated median triangular area, costula distinct; gaster with petiole a little more than 1.5x as long as is width,longitudinally carinate and reticulate; T1 largest, as long as combined length of T4 to distal margin of epipygium (Sureshan, 2013).

 Antenna
 Head
 Vertex
 Wings

Image

 Adult, lateral view

Distribution

India: Kerala.

References

  • Noyes JS. 2016. Universal Chalcidoidea Database [World Wide Web electronic publication]. Available from: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids . Last updated September, 2016.
  • Sureshan PM. 2013. A Taxonomic revision of Oriental Dipara Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) with descriptions of six new species from India. Records of Zoological Survey of India. 113(part 1):75–93.
  • Sureshan PM, Raseena Farsana VK, Nikhil K. 2014. Description of four new species of Dipara Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from India, with records of some species and key to the Oriental species. Entomon. 39(1):43–62.
  • Sureshan PM, Raseena Farsana VK. 2015. Description of two new and record of one rare species of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from southern Western Ghats. India Journal of Insect Systematics. 2(1):5–14.

Credits

Images and factsheet prepared by Dr. Ankita Gupta, Scientist, NBAIR. Web content added by Lavanya, 28-02-2018.