Scientific name

Metastenus concinnus Walker, 1834

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae

Diagnosis

General body colour black; antennae dark brown, scape and pedicel lighter; ocelli brown; head and mesosoma moderately reticulate; clypeus striate, anterior margin shallowly emarginated. Toruli at center of face, pedicel slightly longer than F1; scutellum with frenum clearly separated; propodeum with coarse reticulations, nucha present, plicae sharp and complete. Fore wing with PMV 1.1x MV. Metasoma as long as head plus mesosoma combined.

 Head
 Wings
 Mesosoma

Images

   Adult - lateral view

Distribution

India: Kerala.

Biology / Hosts

Coccids, also associated with grass.

References

  • Graham, M.W.R. de V. 1969. The Pteromalidae of north-western Europe (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Supplement 16 pages: 829.
  • 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.