Scientific name
Pachyneuron groenlandicum (Holmgren, 1872)
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Diagnosis
Body length 1.8 mm. Head and mesosoma blue black, metasoma with greenish blue metallic reflection. Antennae dark yellow brown, scape lighter. Legs brown except coxae concolorous with mesosoma. Head and mesosoma reticulate, frenum faintly visible. Propodeum with shiny nucha, median carina absent. Fore wing hyaline, without speculum and discal ciliation not very dense, basal part bare, marginal vein thickened. Metasoma short and slightly transverse; short petiole present.
Image
Female - lateral view
Distribution
India: Kashmir, Delhi, Orissa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana.
Biology / Hosts
References
- Gupta, A. and J. Poorani. 2008. New distribution and host records of Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from various parts of India. Checklist 4(4): 410-414.
- Holmgren, A.E. 1872. Insekter från Nordgrönland, samlade af Prof. A.E. Nordensköld år a870. Granskade . . . . . öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1872(6): 100.
- 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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