Liporrhopalum rutherfordi indicum Abdurah & Joseph

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Agaonidae; Genus: Liporrhopalum)

Liporrhopalum rutherfordi indicum Abdurah & Joseph 1967. Holotype desposition unknown Type locality:

Distribution

India (Kerala)

Biology

Host fig: Hill suggested the species to be associated with Ficus tinctoria Forst.f. subsp. parasitica (Willd.) Corner var parasitica.

References

Abdurahiman, U.C. and Joseph, K.J. 1967. Contributions to our knowledge of fig insects (Chalcidoidea: parasitic Hymenoptera) from India. II. New fig insects from Delhi and correction of a mistaken identification. Bulletin of Entomology. Entomological Society of India. 8:48-57.

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