Scientific name

Solenura ania (Walker, 1846)

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Cleonyminae

Biology

Solenura ania was reared from Chrysobothris succedanea Sanders (Buprestidae) and Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann) (Cerambycidae) (Yang, 1991). The other species of this genus are undoubtedly also parasitoids of wood-boring beetle larvae (Gibson, 2003).

Diagnosis

Body with distinct metallic blue or bright green luster; dorsellum setose; interantennal region with distinct notch at base of dorsal process; syntergum with precercal length 2-4 times postcercal length; propodeal plical region reticulate to punctate-reticulate except for median carina; legs often uniformly reddish beyond coxae.

 Head
 Propodeum

Images

 Dorsal view
 Lateral view
 Female - profile view

Distribution

India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand (Noyes, 2015).

Specimen & Photo courtesy

 Dr. Yeshwanth H.M., UAS, Bangalore

References

  • Gibson, G.A.P. 2003. Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International 16 pp. v+339pp.
  • Noyes, J.S. 2015. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids.
  • Sureshan, P.M. 2005. New host and distributional records for Solenura ania (Walker) from India and redescription of Solenura feretrius (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 105 (1-2):111,113.
  • Sureshan, P.M., Narendran, T.C. and Nikhil, K. 2013. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of xylophagous beetles (Coleoptera) attacking dead wood in southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(9):4386.
  • Yang, Z.Q. 1991. A rare giant pteromalid, genus Solenura (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) found in Shaanxi province. Entomotaxonomia 13:222, 230.