Scientific name
Halticopterella longiflagellum Sureshan, 2001
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Diagnosis
Length 3.2 mm. Body black with metallic shine; F1 2x as long as pedicel. Antenna with funicular segments longer than wide. Clava shorter than preceeding two segments combined. Propodeum including nucha coarsely reticulate, nucha distinct. Metasoma dorsally collapsing; hind margin of T1 produced.
Image
Adult - dorsal view
Distribution
India: Kerala.
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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