Closterocerus phytomyzae Mani, 1971

Jamali, Mohd Majid & Zeya, Shahid Bin, 2021, Review of Indian Closterocerus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae), with description of two new species, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 61 (1), pp. 231-241 : 235-236

Closterocerus phytomyzae Mani, 1971

Closterocerus phytomyzae Mani, 1971: 595 , female. Holotype: ♀, India, Uttar Pradesh, Agra (SJCA), not examined.

Closterocerus phytomyzae : Dඎൻൾඒ (1974):418 (record); Hඎඌൺංඇ & KIJൺඇ (1986): 216 (catalogue); KIJൺඇ et. al. (2005): 98 (redescription).

Diagnosis. Female. Length, 1 mm. Head metallic green with faint violet tinge on clypeus. Antenna with scape and pedicel metallic green, flagellum dark brown. Mesosoma light metallic green. Wing subhyaline. Fore and middle legs with coxae and femora dark brown; fore tibia largely pale brown but slightly infumate basally; middle tibia in basal half infumate and in apical half pale brown; hind leg with coxae, femora, tibiae dark brown with metallic shine; tarsi of all legs pale brown. Gaster dark brown with metallic shine.

Head broader than thorax, in frontal view, 1.27× as broad as high; POL subequal to OOL; frons finely reticulate; clypeus smooth; antennal toruli situated at level of lower eye margin. Antennal scape 2.6× as long as broad, subequal to pedicel + flagellum combined; pedicel 0.37× scape length; F1 0.37× pedicel; F2 0.75× pedicel; C1 shorter than F1 and F2 individually; C2 subequal to C1; C3 shorter than C1and C2 individually, 0.66× as broad as long.

Mesosoma with fine reticulate sculpture; notauli deep and complete; scutellum 0.8× mesoscutum with 1 pair of setae. Propodeum smooth, 2× as long as metanotum. Fore wing 2.3× as long as broad with three transverse bands; apical band medially broad, broader than middle band with 3–6 rows of moderate setae; middle band darkest with 6–7 rows of setae; proximal band shortest; submarginal vein 0.66× marginal vein; postmarginal vein subequal to stigmal vein.

Metasoma slightly shorter than mesosoma.

Male. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. The above diagnosis is based on the original description and illustrations given by Mൺඇං (1971). However, it comes close to C. trifaciatus, but differs from the latter in the following characters: head and side lobes without bluish tinge; basitarsi of all legs pale brown; postmarginal vein subequal to stigmal vein. In C. phytomyzae : head and side lobes with bluish tinge; middle and hind basitarsi fuscous or blackish; postmarginal vein 0.3× as long as stigmal vein.

Host. Larva of Phytomyza syngenesiae (Hardy, 1849) ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ) (Mൺඇං 1971).

Distribution in India. Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand (Nඈඒൾඌ 2021).