Scientific name
Norbanus sp.
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Diagnosis
Body with green metallic lusture. Antenna slender, terminal segment of clava spine like at apex. Male flagellum with whorls of erect bristles sparsely placed at equal intervals. Pronotum broad, mesosoma compact. Propodeum flat with reticulate sculpture, without median carina and nucha. Metasoma sessile. Wings hyaline.
Image
 Male - profile view
Distribution
India: West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, and Orissa.
Biology / Hosts
Parasitic on Hymenoptera and Coleoptera.
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.
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