Dirhinus anthracia Walker, 1846

Narendran, T. C. & van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2016, Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species, ZooKeys 576, pp. 1-202 : 64-66

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae

Dirhinus anthracia Walker, 1846 Figs 71-72, 73-74

Dirhinus anthracia Walker, 1846: 7, 85; Narendran 1989: 294-295 (examined).

Eniacella rufricornis Girault, 1913c: 35; Bouček and Narendran 1981: 239 (synonymised by Bouček and Narendran 1981 with Dirhinus anthracia Walker).

Eniacella bicornuticeps Girault, 1915a: 353; Bouček and Narendran 1981: 239 (synonymised by Bouček and Narendran 1981 with Dirhinus anthracia Walker).

Dirhinus sarcophagae Froggat, 1919: 835; Bouček and Narendran 1981: 239 (synonymised by Bouček and Narendran 1981 with Dirhinus anthracia Walker).

Dirhinus frequens Masi, 1933: 7; Bouček and Narendran 1981: 239 (synonymised by Bouček and Narendran 1981 with Dirhinus anthracia Walker).

Dirhinus intermedius Mani & Dubey, 1972: 404-407; Bouček and Narendran 1981: 239 (synonymised by Bouček and Narendran 1981 with Dirhinus anthracia Walker).

Dirhinus georgei Mani & Dubey, 1974: 31-33; Bouček and Narendran 1981: 239 (synonymised by Bouček and Narendran 1981 with Dirhinus anthracia Walker).

Dirhinus aligarhensis Husain & Agarwal, 1981: 183; Narendran 1989: 294 (examined) (synonymised by Narendran 1989 with Dirhinus anthracia Walker).

Dirhinus ignobilicornis Husain & Agarwal, 1981: 187; Narendran 1989: 294 (examined) (synonymised by Narendran 1989 with Dirhinus anthracia Walker).

Material.

1 ♀ (RMNH), "Vietnam: Ninh Thuân, Núi Chúa N. P., 90-150 m, Northeast part, 23-30.v.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH’07”.

Diagnosis.

See notes under Dirhinus auratus .

Hosts.

Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coq.) ( Diptera : Tephritidae ); Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (id.); Calliphora stygia (F.) ( Diptera : Calliphoridae ); Sarcophaga aurifrons Mac. ( Diptera : Sarcophagidae ); Blaesoxipha pachytyli (Skuse) (id.); Musca domestica L. ( Diptera : Muscidae ); Exorista bombycis (Louis) ( Diptera : Tachinidae ); Exorista sorbillans (Wiedemann) (id.); Ceracia fergusoni (Malloch) (id.); Artona catoxantha Hampson ( Lepidoptera : Zygaenidae ); Plecoptera reflexa G. ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ); Bombyx mori (L.) ( Lepidoptera : Bombycidae ); Palpita machaeralis W. ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ) and Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker) ( Orthoptera : Acrididae ).

Distribution.

India (Manipur; Punjab; Uttar Pradesh), Vietnam (new record), China (Taiwan), Philippines, South Africa, Zambia, Australia (New South Wales; Queensland); ( Bouček and Narendran 1981; Narendran 1989).