First host record of the eulophid wasp Tetrastichus bilgiricus Narendran (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) along with the first description of a male from India

Authors

  • Ankita Gupta ICAR - National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560024, India
  • Poornima Kannan 210, Admiralty Manor, 13th0 Cross, 6th Main, Indiranagar, 2nd stage, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560038, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o4051.6544-8

Keywords:

Eulophid wasp, host record, Hymenoptera, Tetrastichinae, Tetrastichus bilgiricus.

Abstract

Euthalia aconthea meridionalis Fruhstorfer (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is documented as the first host record for the eulophid wasp Tetrastichus bilgiricus Narendran (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Karnataka, India. The male of this species is recorded for the first time and described. Illustrations of both the female and male, and host details are given.

References

Narendran, T.C. (2007). Indian chalcidoid parasitoids of the Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 272: vi+1–385, plates I–IV.

Noyes, J.S. (2014). Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication.http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids. (accessed, 3rd September2014).

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Published

26-11-2014

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 12 (2014)

Section

Short Communications

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