1Department of Entomology, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, 313001, India
*Email: mahechamit211@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online published on 13 March, 2026.
Present study reports a black-bodied hymenopteran Brachymeria spp (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) during the survey and observations recorded under laboratory conditions, it was the first time reported as a hyperparasitoid of Charops bicolor Szepligeti (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) which was a larval parasitoid of Spodoptera frugiperda J E Smith (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) in maize from Southern Rajasthan, India.
Fall armyworm, Hyperparasitism, Parasitoid, Charops, Maize, Brachymeria, Chalcididae, Ichneumonidae, Hind femur, Southern Rajasthan, Molecular characterization
