Species details
Scientific name: Taftia prodeniae
Author(s): Ashmead
Synonyms: Taftia prodeniae Ashmead, 1904
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 Taftia  
Basis of record: Repository - IMZCU
Sex: Female
Host:
Distribution:
Bangladesh, Philippines and Java only: prodeniae Ashmead (1904d: 137) (Philippines), (Bangladesh, Bhuiya, et al., 1997) and saissetiae Gahan (1920: 344) (Philippines, Java), also one further species from Malayasia (BPBM) (Noyes and Hayat, 1984).
References:
Ashmead, W. H. 1904b. Classification of the chalcid-flies or the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America by H. H. Smith. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 1(4): 225-554.

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

Gahan, A. B. 1920. Report on a small collection of Indian parasitic Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56: 513-524.

Noyes, J. S. and Hayat, M. 1984. A review of the genera of the Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bull. British Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.). 48: 131 - 395.
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Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 2008-11-24 (yyyy-mm-dd)