The Australian species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae) Author Schmidt, Stefan Author Polaszek, Andrew text Journal of Natural History 2007 2010-12-02 41 33 - 36 2099 2265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701550766 journal article 10.1080/00222930701550766 1464-5262 5232808 22. Encarsia cappa n. sp. ( Figures 76–78 ) Description ( holotype ) Female. Colour: head (except antennae) and anterior part of mesonotum dark brown, remaining body pale yellow. Fore wing hyaline. Morphology: stemmaticum with reticulate surface sculpture. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3, clava not very distinct. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.57). F1 subquadrate, shorter than F2 (0.70) and F3 (0.41). F2 only slightly longer than half the length of F3 (0.56). Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 0, F3: 3, F4: 3, F5: 3, F6: 3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with 4+1 setae, side lobes with two setae each. Scutellar sensilla separated by a distance of approximately the maximum width of a sensillum. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae smaller than between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.6 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.33 times as long as width of disc. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with six setae. Basal cell with four setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia slightly longer than half the length of the corresponding basitarsus (0.58). Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1: 0, T2: 1, T3: 1, T4: 1, T5: 2, T6: 2, T7 with five setae. Ovipositor subequal in length to midtibia and to clava. Third valvula 0.61 times as long as second valvifer. Figures 76–78. Encarsia cappa n. sp. , holotype female. (76) Mesosoma and gaster. (77) Antenna. (78) Fore wing. Male . Unknown. Species group placement. Not established. Distribution. Australia : Queensland . Host. Unknown. Material examined Queensland : Holotype : ♀ , Cockatoo Crk. Xing, 17 km NW Heathlands , 25 April to 7 June 1992 ( T . McLeod), open forest, Malaise # 5 ( ANIC ).