Scientific name
Propicroscytus Szelényi, 1941
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae
Diagnosis
Head wider than mesosoma; lower margin of clypeus emarginate; antennae inserted distinctly above lower margin of eyes. Pronotum short, slightly carinate; mesoscutum with notauli incomplete; propodeum with short nucha and without carinae. Forewing with MV and PMV very long; hind tibia with one spur. Metasoma mostly with yellow and brown markings, longer than combined length of head and mesosoma.
Image
Adult - dorsal view
Distribution
India: Kerala, Orissa, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
Biology / Hosts
Associated with grasses.
References
- 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.
|