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| Scientific name: | Encyrtus aurantii | |||||
| Author(s): | Geoffroy | |||||
| Synonyms: |
Cynipis aurantii Geoffroy, 1785 Comys lecaniorum Mayr, 1876 Encyrtus barbatus Timberlake, 1919 Eucomys lecaniorum (Mayr): Gahan, 1919 Encyrtus ceroplastis Agarwal, 1965 Encyrtus aurantii Geoffroy, 1994 |
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| Common names: |
Parasitic wasp (English), Porojibee boltaa (Bangla) |
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| Classification: | Kingdom | Animalia | ||||
| Phylum | Arthropoda | |||||
| Class | Insecta | |||||
| Subclass | Pterygota | |||||
| Superorder | - | |||||
| Order | Hymenoptera | |||||
| Superfamily | Chalcidoidea | |||||
| Family | Aphelinidae | |||||
| Genus | Encyrtus | |||||
| Basis of record: | Repository - IMZCU | |||||
| Sex: | Male | |||||
| Host: | It has been recorded as a primary parasitoid of many species of soft scales including Coccus spp., Pulvinaria spp., Saisettia spp., and Chloropulvinaria sp. Hayat and Subba Rao,1986; Graham, 1969; Suganjaev and Gordh,1981; Chloppulvinaria psidii (Bhuiya, | |||||
| Distribution: |
Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Malayasia, Pakistan, Philippines, New Zealand, Australia, Hawaiian Islands; Afrotropical; Palearctic (Hayat, 2006). This species is widely distributed in the subcontinent and more or less cosmopolitan (Graham, 1969; Mayar, 1876; Hayat, 1979; Ayyar, 1927; Dalla torre, 1898; Hayat, alam and Agarwal, 1975 (one page); Suganjayev, 1981). | |||||
| References: |
Ayyar, T. V. R. 1927. The parasitic Hymenoptera of economic importance noted from South India. Bull Ent Res. 18: 73 - 78.Ayyar, T.V.R. 1932. A new chalcid with branched antennae from south India (Tetracnemus indicus sp. nov.). Records of the Indian Museum 34(3): 287-288. 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. Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. pp. 598pp Lepzig. Graham, M. W. R. de V. 1969. The Pteromalidae of north-western Europe (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) Supplement 16: 908pp, 686 figs. Hayat, M. 1979. Taxonomic notes on Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). I. Journal of Natural History. 13(3): 315 - 326. Hayat, M. 2006, Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 161pp. Hayat, M., Alam, M. and Agarwal, M. M. 1975. Taxonomic survey of encyrtid parasites (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in India. Aligarh Muslim University Publication, Zoological Series on Indian Insect Types 9:iii+112pp. Hayat, M. and Subba Rao, B. R. 1986. Family Trichogrammatidae. (In: Subba Rao, B.R.; Hayat, M. (Eds) - The Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of India and the adjacent countries. Part II.) Oriental Insects 20: 193-208. Mayr, G. 1876. Die europäischen Encyrtiden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 675-778. Sugonjaev, E. S. and Gordh, G. 1981. Taxonomy and trophic relations of encyrtids of the genus Encyrtus Latr. (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) of Holarctic region. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 60(4): 883- 897. |
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: | 2008-12-26 (yyyy-mm-dd) | |||||
