Scientific name
Pteromalus metallicus Sureshan, 2001
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae
Diagnosis
Length 3 mm. Head and mesosoma dark metallic blue; metasoma blackish blue;T1 dorsally with strong metallic blue reflection; antennae yellowish brown, with scape and pedicel pale; coxae concolorous with mesosoma, femora dark brown except tips and remainder of legs yellow with tips of tarsi brown. Tegulae pale brown, wings hyaline, veins yellow. Head moderately reticulate. Anterior margin of clypeus emarginated and striated; pedicel shorter than F1. Clava as long as two preceding segments combined. Mesosoma distinctly reticulate punctuate. Pronotal collar anteriorly sharp; propodeum median carina indicated only anteriorly, a weak costulae present; plicae not indicated beyond costula. Fore wing with basal hairline indicated by 3 or 4 hairs. Fore wing with costal cell hairy towards the tip, basal hairline indicated by 3 or 4 hairs. Metasoma lanceolate.
Image
 Female - lateral view
Distribution
India: Karnataka and Kerala.
Biology / Hosts
Not Known.
References
- Noyes, J.S. 2012. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids.
- Sureshan, P.M. 2001. Studies on Pteromalus Swederus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) of the Indian subcontinent with the description of three new species. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 99 (part 1-4):5-14.
- Sureshan, P.M. 2003. Pteromalinae (Pteromalidae: Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera) of Indian subcontinent. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 205: iii+170pp.
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