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| Scientific name: | Metaphycus helvolus | |||||
| Author(s): | Compere | |||||
| Synonyms: |
Aphycus helvolus Compere, 1926 Euphycus helvolus (Compere) Metaphycus helvolus (Compere), 1940 |
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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 | Metaphycus | |||||
| Basis of record: | Repository - IMZCU | |||||
| Sex: | Female | |||||
| Host: | Parasitic on black scale Saissetia oleae (Bern.) (Compere, 1926; Mackie, 1941; Macropodi, 1985); Phenacoccus mangiferae (Ali, 1976); Chloropulvinaria. psidii (Bhuiya, et al. 1997). Mainly of soft scale insects (Homoptera: Coccidae), but also of Asteroleca | |||||
| Distribution: |
Bangladesh (Bhuiya, et al. 1997), South Africa, Prinsloo (1983), India, Hayat (1998). | |||||
| 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. 1926. Descriptions of new coccid-inhabiting chalcidoid parasites (Hymenoptera) Univ Calif publs Ent. 4(1): 1 - 31. Hayat, M. 2006, Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 161pp. Mackie, D. B. 1941. Division of Plant Industry. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Bulletin of the California Department of Agriculture 30: 337-349. Macropodi, M. V. 1985. Preliminary information on parasitization rates and larval survival of Metaphycus helvolus Comp. and Metaphycus lounsburyi How., parasites of Saissetia oleae Olivier, under laboratory conditions, Entomologia Hellenica 3(1):17-19. |
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| Additional data: | - | |||||
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: | 2008-10-20 (yyyy-mm-dd) | |||||
