Stenomalina Ghesquière, 1946

Surya, Kolencheri Suresh & Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal, 2024, Two new species and a new generic record of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Western Ghats, India, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2), pp. 195-205 : 196

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scientific name	Stenomalina Ghesquière, 1946
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Genus Stenomalina Ghesquière, 1946 View in CoL

Etroxys (Stenomalus) Thomson, 1878 . Hym. Scand., 5:87, 88. Type species: Stenomalus crassicornis Thomson View in CoL : designated by Ashmead, 1904:316; junior primary homonym of Stenomalus Gemminger & Harold, 1872:370 View in CoL ; Stenomalina Ghesquière, 1946 View in CoL , Rev . Zool. Bot. Afr. 39:370 (replacement name for Stenomalus Gemminger & Harold View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. Anterior margin of clypeus bearing a median tooth or tubercle and having a slight angular projection on each side of the tooth; antennal clava in females with micropilosity present to a greater or less degree on the ventral surface; mesoscutellum weakly convex; propodeum relatively long, its median length from half to two-thirds that of mesoscutellum, its median area produced distinctly caudad of hind edges of supracoxal flanges ( Bouček & Heydon, 1997).

Distribution. Nearctic, Oriental and Palaearctic regions ( UCD Community, 2023).

Host. Known species of Stenomalina are entomophagous parasitoids of stem-boring hosts ( Graham & Claridge, 1965).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Pteromalidae