Scientific name

Pachyneuron nelsoni Girault, 1928

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae

Diagnosis

Body dark brown to black; antenna dark brown. Head finely reticulate; anterior margin of clypeus weakly emarginated. Antenna with 2 anelli, flagellar segments wider than long; scape not reaching median ocellus. Mesosoma finely reticulate. Fore wing hyaline; without marginal fringe; discal ciliation very sparse; indistinct; post marginal vein slightly longer than stigmal vein; marginal vein strongly thickened. Metasoma with transverse petiole.

Image

 Adult - lateral view

Distribution

India: Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.

Biology / Hosts

Syrphid puparia.

References

  • Girault, A.A. 1928. A prodigeous discourse on wild animals. pp.2 private publication, Brisbane.
  • Noyes, J.S. 2014. 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.