Triclistus aitkeni ( Cameron , 1897 )

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Triclistus aitkeni ( Cameron, 1897)

( Fig. 8 f)

Exochus aitkeni Cameron, 1897: 31 ; Exochus curvicarinatus Cameron, 1902: 431

Diagnosis. Black species with yellowish orange legs. The areolet on fore wing is small and petiolate, and the hind basitarsus bears a small postmedian projection with a hair tuft on inner side.

Description. Townes (1958).

Host records. Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ) on rice ( Oryza sativa ).

Distribution records. Reunion (new record). India, China, Taiwan , Japan and Korea.

Material examined. 1Ƥ St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt. 800m, VI.2011, leg. Cirad; 6Ƥ 733 same locality, II.2011, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ same locality, I.2011, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ St Pierre / Ligne Paradis, alt. 170m, III.2011, leg. T. Ramage; 13 St Leu Colimaçons, alt. 260m, III.2011, leg. Cirad; 2Ƥ 13 St Gilles / Boucan Canot, alt. 90m, I.2011, leg. Cirad.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Campopleginae and Metopiinae (females), habitus. a: Diadegma mollipla. b: Dusona pauliani. c: Venturia canescens. d: Eriborus pallipes. e: Hyposoter reunionis. f: Triclistus aitkeni.