On the origin of Anagyrus callidus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a parasitoid of pink hibiscus mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Author Triapitsyn, Serguei V. Author Andreason, Sharon A. Author Dominguez, Chrysalyn Author Perring, Thomas M. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-17 4671 2 283 289 journal article 25512 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.2.9 ac9a4b1b-b3d2-4bb0-9ed3-0232012e96c2 1175-5326 3442438 532E84A9-7D58-4FDE-81DF-DD9F62B6742D Anagyrus kamali Moursi, 1948 ( Figs 2 , 6 ) Anagyrus kamali Moursi 1948a: 1–3 , 4 (illustrations). Type locality: Massara , Egypt . Anagyrus kamali Moursi : Andreason et al. 2019: 68 (key), 69 (measurements), 75–76 (taxonomic history, hosts, distribution, comments), 77–79 (illustrations). Type material examined. Paratype male [ USNM ] ( Fig. 6 ) on card, labeled: 1. “ Collector A. Moursi ”; 2. “Ex- Phen. [ acoccus ] Hirsutus ”; 3. “Massara Jan. 1946 ”; 4. [partially red] “Anastase Alfieri collection 1965”; 5. “ Anagyrus kamali Moursi 1948 PARATYPE ” . Material examined. BMNH : 5 females and 3 males , labeled: “ PUERTO RICO Yabucoa 4.ii.1999 Maconellicoccus hirsutus J. P. Michaud ” (determined by J.S. Noyes ) . FSCA : 2 females and 1 male , labeled: “ CHINA : Guangdong , Hunghu Farm , 5-VI-1988 , F. D. Bennett & Ren Hui, par.[asitic] on Maconellicoccus hirsutus on Hibiscus ” (determined by J.S. Noyes in 1989) ; 3 females and 1 male , labeled: “ CHINA : Guangdong , Shenzhen , 27.V.1988 , F. D. Bennett & Ren Hui. Ex. Maconellicoccus hirsutus ” (determined by J.S. Noyes in 1995) ; 3 females , labeled [with many mistakes some of which are corrected here]: “ China lab. culture, 7-VIII-1995 , D. Meyerdirk , La Guerite, WF, Anagyrus kamali ex. Maconellicoccus hirsutus on Hibiscus ” (determined by S.V. Triapitsyn in 2018). Also the specimens mentioned in “Materials and methods” above in vial 2 . USNM (labeled as follows): “ CHINA /ENGLAND VIII. 1. 1996 Basseterre, St. Kitts West Indies ” ( 1 female , 1 male ); “Origin: China Received from: Tony Cross Interntl. Inst. Biol. Control August 1, 1996 Released: 3500 on St. Kitts , W.I., Aug. 2, 1996 By Dale Meyerdirk USDA , APHIS , PPQ Anagyrus kamali Host : Maconellicoccus hirsutus , Plant : Hibiscus ” (numerous females and males); “ St. Kitts W.I. Fort Thomas Hotel 4.XI.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” ( 3 females , 3 males ); “ St. Kitts W.I. Fort Thomas Hotel 11.XII.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” ( 1 male ); “ St. Kitts W.I. Halfway Tree 30.XII.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” ( 1 female , 1 male ); “ St. Kitts W.I. Halfway Tree 30.XII.1996 ex unknown on hibiscus” ( 1 male ); “ St. Kitts W.I. Timothy Beach Hotel 26.I X.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” ( 1 female , 2 males ); “ St. Kitts W.I. Timothy Beach Hotel 1.XI.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” ( 1 female ); “ St. Kitts W.I. Jack Tar’s Village 7.XII.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” ( 1 female , 2 males ); “ Egypt ( Benyswef ) [sic, Beni Suef] 10/6/85 Host : Maconellicoccus hirsutus on Hibiscus ” ( 4 females , determined by J.S. Noyes and M. Hayat in 1992); “Coll. Nov. 7, 1996 Honolulu, Hawaii J. Barber Host : Maconellicoccus hirsutus ” ( 2 females , 2 males , determined by M.E. Schauff in 1997) ; “ [ USA ] DELEWARE [sic]: Newark Beneficial Insect Res. Lab VI . 2000 , L. Ertle , ex. Lab colony of mixed origin” ( 3 females , 1 male ); “ PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG DEC . 27, 2004 TUMON , GUAM J. B. AMIZA , DR. P. REDDY ” ( 1 male ) . Brief diagnosis. Female with a combination of the following key features: F1 with distal half or so black dorsally while often whitish ventrally, ratio of F1 length to pedicel length 0.72–0.90, and ratio of F2 length to F1 length 0.84–1.00; minimum width of frontovertex 0.39–0.44× head width; marginal setae on fore wing inconspicuous or relatively short (the longest seta at most 20 µm ). Male antenna ( Figs 2 , 6 ) with a wide median dark band on the scape. See Andreason et al. (2019) for the additional illustrations of both sexes of this species.