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| Scientific name: | Cephaleta australiensis | |||||
| Author(s): | Howard | |||||
| Synonyms: | Anysis australiensis Howard, 1896 | |||||
| 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 | Cephaleta | |||||
| Basis of record: | Repository - IMZCU | |||||
| Sex: | Female | |||||
| Host: | From coccid nr to Eriococcus (Howard, 1896); Coccus hesperidum L. (Wilson, 1960). Coccid on Hibiscus rosasinensis, Gossypium sp., Tephrosia candida, Cerococcus on Alternanthira philoxeroides; mealybug on Cajanus indicus (Mani, 1989). | |||||
| Distribution: |
Tropical and subtropical countries including Bangladesh (Bhuiya, et al., 1997); Pakistan; India; Ceylon; Florida; South America; South Asia to Australia; and Bangladesh, Dacca (Mani, 1989). | |||||
| 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. Howard, L. O. 1896. On two interesting new genera of scale insect parasites. Canadian Entomologist 28(6): 165-167. Mani, M. S. 1989. Fauna of India, Chalcidoidea Part II, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. Wilson, F. 1960. A review of the biological control of insect and weeds in Australia and Australian New Guinea. Technical Communication. Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Ottawa, Canada. No 1: 102pp. |
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| Additional data: | - | |||||
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: | 2008-11-24 (yyyy-mm-dd) | |||||
