Studies on some Indian aphelinid parasites (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea).
Ahmed S. I., Shafee S. A.
Author Affiliation: Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75 : 164-167
Abstract : Notes are provided on 5 species of aphelinids from India, together with illustrations of some morphological characters. Physcus gunturensis sp.n. is described from adult females reared from Aonidiella orientalis (Newst.) in Andhra Pradesh in February 1971. Coccophagus cowperi Gir. is reported from Saissetia coffeae (Wlk.), and from Ceroplastodes cajani (Mask.) on guava in Andhra Pradesh. Coccophagus bivittatus Comp. is reported from Coccus sp. on guava in Tamil Nadu, from Anomalococcus crematogastri Green on Prosopis spicigera in Uttar Pradesh, and from Eriococcus lagerstroemiae Kuw. on a wild plant in Rajasthan. Coccophagus longiclavatus Shafee is reported from Coccus sp. on mango in Uttar Pradesh. Aneristus ceroplastae How. is reported from Coccus sp. on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in Uttar Pradesh.