Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao

Hayat, Mohammad, 2012, Records and descriptions of some Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India, Zootaxa 3521, pp. 39-50 : 49

Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao

( Figs 22–24 )

Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao, 1980: 44 –45, female. India, Karnataka, Pulney Hill (BMNH). Hayat, 1998: 117, female, redescription, figures.

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Bengaluru [formerly, Bangalore], Hebbal, 68 females (on 4 cards; 4 females on two slides), 20.iv.2009, ex Ceroplastes sp., Coll. K. Veenakumari (Collection No. A.573) (31 females in ZDAMU; 37 females returned to Dr. Veenakumari in NBAII).

Comments. This species has not been reported since its original description based on 7 females (holotype and 6 paratypes) reared from Vinsonia stellifera Westwood ( Hemiptera : Coccidae ). The above listed specimens, reared from a species of Ceroplastes Gray ( Hemiptera : Coccidae ), were received from Dr. K. Veenakumari of the NBAII, Bengaluru. Because this beautiful species was described in detail with illustrations by Subba Rao (1980) and later redescribed and illustrated by Hayat (1998), I do not redescribe the species but for the first time provide photographs of the head, body and fore wing ( Figs 22–24 ).

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 24. Eriaphytis chackoi Subba Rao, female: 22, head with antennae; 23, mesosoma and metasoma; 24, fore wing.