Additions to the Encyrtidae and Mymaridae (Chalcidoidea) of India with new distribution and host records for some species
Author
Rameshkumar, A.
Author
Poorani, J.
Author
V, Naveen
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2015
3
5216
5216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5216
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5216
1314-2828-3-5216
Paraphaenodiscus indicus Singh & Agarwal, 1993
Paraphaenodiscus indicus
Singh and Agarwal 1993
: 25-
Hayat 2006
: 161.
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
Rameshkumar A
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
female
; lifeStage:
Adult
; Location: continent: Asia; country:
India
; stateProvince: Karnataka; municipality: Chikkaballapura; locality:
near Nandhi hills
; verbatimElevation: 950m; verbatimCoordinates:
N13°22'
E77°00'
; Identification: identifiedBy: J Poorani; Event: samplingProtocol:
Yellow pan traps
; eventDate:
17-09-2013
; habitat: weedy field; Record Level: institutionID: National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; institutionCode:
NBAIR
Diagnosis
Female (Fig. 8a, b) brachypterous, dull reddish-coppery brown with metallic reflections, mesoscutum (Fig. 8c) medially metallic green, metasoma with basal tergite having metallic green reflections; antenna pale brown, F1-F3 and clava black, F4-F6 white. Scutellum (Fig. 8c) apically acutely pointed and projecting over propodeum.
Distribution
India: Originally described from Assam (
Singh and Agarwal 1993
;
Hayat 2006
). This constitutes the first record for southern India (Karnataka).