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

Mostly associated with Syrphids- Ishiodon sp., Syrphus sp. Entire host list available in Universal Chalcidoidea Database.

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.