Genus : Neochrysocharis Kurdjumov

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Diagnosis

Fore wing with submarginal vein with 2 setae dorsally. Postmarginal vein (PMV) present and at most as long as stigmal vein (STV).
Flagellum both in male and female with usually 2 funicular segments and club with 3 fused segments. Male scape with sensory area on scape placed on ventral margin.
Head with fronto-facial suture distinctly separated from anterior ocellus and V or Y-shaped.
Mesosoma usually quite sculptured. Pronotum without transverse carina. Notauli usually incomplete, although some species, as N. formosa (Westwood), have notauli complete to posterior margin of mesoscutum. Mesoscutum and scutellum without longitudinal grooves; scutellum with a single pair of setae. Propodeum smooth, shiny and without median carina and plica; callus with 2 setae (sometimes 3).
Petiole not distinct.
Coloration mainly green metallic without yellow markings.

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Superfamily : Chalcidoidea
Family : Eulophidae
Subfamily : Entedoninae
Tribe : Entedonini

Classification

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Overview

Neochrysocharis contains about 45 species, and is cosmopolitan in distribution (Noyes, 2002; 2003). As for Closterocerus, species are endoparasitoids of a wide range of hosts, but these include quite a few species which are parasitoids of leafmining Lepidoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera.
Gumovsky (2001) synonymised Neochrysocharis, Asecodes, Hispinocharis Boucek and Mangocharis Boucek with Closterocerus. Further study will be required to gain a complete understanding of relationships in these groups; until that time, we are considering Neochrysocharis, Asecodes and Closterocerus as separate genera.
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Identification

Neochrysocharis is included in recent generic keys to eulophids for Australasia (Boucek, 1988) and North America (Schauff et al, 1997), and it is included in a web-based key to all Eulophidae genera which attack leafmining Agromyzidae (Reina & La Salle, 2003). Keys to species were provided by the Palaearctic (Hansson,1990 ) and Nearctic (Hansson,1995a ) regions.
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