Scientific name
Mokrzeckia menzeli Subba Rao, 1973
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae
Diagnosis
length 2.5 mm. Head and mesosoma bright metallic green; metasoma dark brown with metallic tinge on sides. Antennae with scape and pedicel testaceous, remainder dark brown. Wings hyaline, veins brown. Head moderately reticulate; clypeus with anterior margin deeply incised; antennae inserted in the middle of face; POL shorter than OOL; pronotal collar carinate. Fore wing without irregular cilia below SMV. Metasoma depressed, ovate-lanceolate; ovipositor exserted out.
Image
 Female - lateral view
Distribution
India: Uttaranchal, Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh.
Biology / Hosts
Hyperparasitic on Hyblaea purea through Apanteles malevolus; Hapalia machaeralis through Miocolus dubius, ex. Apanteles obliqua, indetermined cocoons (Sureshan, 2003).
References
- Noyes, J.S. 2012. 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.
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