Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius, 1787)

Basak, Nabasri, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Saroj, Sheela & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2020, On the collection of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (3), pp. 257-262 : 258

4. Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius, 1787) ( Fig. 1d )

1787. Chalcis podagrica Fabricius, Mantissa Insectorumsistens species nuperdetectas, 1: 148, M., India, Tamil Nadu ( UZM) .

Material examined: India : DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI: Demni road (20.32° N, 72.98° E), 1♂, 1♀ ,

23.i.2018 (sweep-net), leg. A. Rameshkumar.

Hosts: Different species of Sarcophagidae , Calliphoridae, Synanthropic Diptera, Secondarily parasitic on Lepidoptera ( Narendran, 1989) .

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh ( Noyes, 2019); West Bengal ( Sheela et al., 2015); Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Figures

Figure 1. (a) Antrocephalus phaeospilus; (b) Antrocephalus sepyra; (c) Brachymeria burksi; (d) Brachymeria podagrica; (e) Dirhinus anthracia; (f) Kriechbaumerella ayyari.