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Charops obtusus subsp. obtusus Morley

Description

Charops obtusus obtusus Morley (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Plates. X (Figs 35−36); XI (37−41).

Brief diagnosis. Body colour black (Fig. 35). Scape, all coxae and first metasomal tergite black, underside of fore femur with a brownish mark, metasoma largely black. Sixth metasoma1 a tergite black. Propodeum with distinct median carina. Mid femur blackish in middle.

Host. Tajuria cippus (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on Loranthus sp.

Material examined. Four females, INDIA, Karnataka, Bangalore, 06.ix.2012, coll. Ankita Gupta, ex. larva of Tajuria cippus (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on Loranthus sp., NBAII /Ichn/Char/obt/60912.

Notes

Published as part of Gupta, Ankita, Churi, Paresh V., Sengupta, Ashok & Mhatre, Sarang, 2014, Lycaenidae parasitoids from peninsular India with description of four new species of microgastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) along with new insights on host relationships, pp. 439-470 in Zootaxa 3827 (4) on page 455, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/252376

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Morley
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Charops
Species
obtusus
Taxon rank
subSpecies