Species details
Scientific name: Blepyrus insularis
Author(s): Cameron
Synonyms: Encyrtus insularis Cameron, 1886: 243, Holotype, Hawaii, USNM, [not examined].
Blepyrus insularis (Cameron), Timberlake, 1918: 403.
Blepyrus marsdeni Howard, 1898: 234, Holotype, Hawaii, USNM, [not examined]. Synonymy with insularis (Cameron) by Timberlake, 1918: 403.
Blepyrus mexicanus Howard, 1898: 234, Holotype, Hawaii, USNM, [not examined]. Synonymy with insularis (Cameron) by Timberlake, 1922: 170.
Blepyrus texanus Howard, 1898: 235, Holotype, Hawaii, USNM, [not examined]. Timberlake, 1918: 403.
Coccophoctonus dactylopii Ashmead, 1900: 375, Holotype, Australia, USNM, Synonymy with mexicanus Howard by Timberlake, 1918: 403. [not examined].
Clausenia saissetiae Yasumatsu & Yoshimura, 1945: 31, Synonymy with insularis (Cameron) by Kerrich, 1967: 226, "Cameron type", BMNH, [examined].
Blepyrus annuloblicus Kaul and Agarwal, 1986: 50, Holotype, India, Madhya Pradesh, AMU, Synonymy with insularis by Hayat, 1989: 278, [not examined].
Blepyrus longiscapus Khan, 1985: 50, Holotype, India, Synonymy with insularis by Hayat, 1989: 278.
Common names: Parasitic wasp (English),
Porojibee boltaa (Bangla)
Classification: Kingdom Animalia  
  Phylum Arthropoda  
  Class Insecta  
  Subclass Pterygota  
  Superorder -  
  Order Hymenoptera  
  Superfamily Chalcidoidea  
  Family Aphelinidae  
  Genus Blepyrus  
Basis of record: Repository - IMZCU
Sex: Male
Host: Parasitic on Pulvinaria psidii; Ferrisia virgata, Maconellicoccus hirsutus.
Distribution:
Bangladesh, India.
References:
Blackburn, T.; Cameron, P. 1886. On the Hymenoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (3) 10: 243.

Hayat, M. (1989), Taxonomic notes on Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) IV. Oriental Insects 23 pp. 275-285.

Hayat, M. (1999), Taxonomic notes on Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) - V. Oriental Insects 33 pp. 349-407.

Bhuiya, B.A.; Chowdhury, S.H.; Kabir, S.M.H. 1997. An annotated list of chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of Coccoidea (Homoptera) on guava in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 25(1): 53-64.

Bhuiya, B.A. 2001. Faunistic and population studies on Chalcidoidea attacking guava and citrus coccoids in Bangladesh, Abstracts of papers. International symposium: Parasitic Hymenoptera: taxonomy and biological control. 14-17 May, 2001, Köszeg, Hungary. pp.25 (Eds: Thuróczy, C.; Eke, I.; Káldy, J.; Melika, G.) Systematic parasitoid laboratory, Köszeg, Hungary.
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Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 2008-02-24 (yyyy-mm-dd)