Elasmus anticles Walker, 1846

Khan, Farmanur Rahman, 2020, Records of Elasmus species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) from different States of India with thirteen new state records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (2), pp. 123-131 : 123-124

1. Elasmus anticles Walker, 1846

1846. Elasmus anticles Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. , 17 (1): 181,

F. Type F, India, Mumbai (= Bombay) ( BMNH) .

2008. Elasmus anticles : Narendran e t al., Biospectra, 3 (1): 15 (female, diagnosis, key, host, distribution).

Material examined: INDIA: ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Garall Harman , 1 ♀, 22.ii.2012, leg. K. Veenakumari ; UTTARAKHAND: Pauri, Byasi , 2 ♀♀, 17.xi.2011 , leg. P.T. Anwar.

Hosts: Diptera, Hemiptera, and Lepidoptera as primary host and Hymenoptera as parasitoid hosts.

Distribution: INDIA: Andaman Islands, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines.

Remarks: Elasmus anticles forms its first record from Andaman Islands.