Diversity, host association, and cocoon variability of reared Indian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Author
Gupta, Ankita
Author
Fernández-Triana, José L.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3800
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3800.1.1
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Genus
Fornicia
Brulle
(
Figures 64
,
145
)
Rearing
Data:
The genus
Fornicia
is pantropical and is prevalent in southern parts of
India
. Only two species are known from
India
.
Fornicia andamanensis
Sharma
from Andaman Islands, and
Fornicia ceylonica
Wilkinson
(
Fig. 145
) from Indian mainland. One species,
F. ceylonica
with
26 specimens
was reared from southern
India
.
Life History Comments:
It has been reported from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and from Karnataka where
Fornicia ceylonica
Wilkinson
, a solitary parasitoid, was found parasitizing larvae of
Spatulifimbria castaneiceps
Hampson
(
Lepidoptera
:
Limacodidae
) on castor (
Fig. 64
).