Scientific name
Oxysychus coimbatorensis (Ferrière, 1939)
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae
Diagnosis
Image
Female - lateral view
Distribution
India: Kerala, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
Biology / Hosts
Parasitic on curculionids attacking cotton, Amaranthus etc.
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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