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).