Species details
Scientific name: Marietta leopardina
Author(s): Motschulsky 1863
Synonyms: Marietta leopardina Motschulsky, Perissopterus javensis Howard, Marietta javensis indi Girault, Marietta exitiosa Compere, Perissopterus cheriani Mani, Marietta habrolepidis Ghesquière
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 Marietta  
Basis of record: Repository - IMZCU
Sex: Female
Host: Secondary Parasite on Pulvinaria psidii Maskell, Mealybug (Bhuiya, et al. 1997; Hayat, 1986), Saissetia hemisphericum (Targ.) (Compere, 1936); Aonidiella orientalis (Hayat, 1998).
Distribution:
Bangladesh (Bhuiya, et al., 1997); Throughout India, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Hayat, 1998); Sri Lanka (Compere, 1936); Oriental, Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical (Hayat, 1998). Hyperparasitoids on other hymenopteran primary parasitoids. The homopteran hosts recorded in the literature are their secondary hosts.
References:
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.

Compere, H. 1936. Notes on the classification of the Aphelinidae with descriptions of new species. Univ Calif publs Ent, 6: 277 - 322.

Hayat, M. 1998. Aphelinidae of India(Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): a taxonomic revision. Memoirs on Entomology International, 13:162pp.
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Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 2008-06-03 (yyyy-mm-dd)