The species of Astymachus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) ı potentially important parasitoids of Aclerdidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with grasses (Poaceae) ı with descriptions of three new species Author Noyes, John S. Author Higashiura, Yoshimitsu text Journal of Natural History 2020 2020-09-23 54 9 665 679 journal article 9505 10.1080/00222933.2020.1747654 2e0de6ff-c2b8-4115-a034-70f80e8f254d 1464-5262 4290415 324E4AF7-3032-4573-98AC-CABAE316F33E 2. Astymachus exilis Prinsloo Astymachus exilis Prinsloo, 1989: 130 – 132 . Holotype ♀ , South Africa , PPRI , not examined. Diagnosis. Female . Length, excluding ovipositor, 1.3 mm . Head generally pale yellow, gena suffused brown, antenna brown, legs pale yellow, remainder of body brown but dorsum of thorax with a pale yellow median stripe; fore wing generally hyaline with a small infuscate spot below marginal vein; palp formula 4 – 2; antenna with F1 – F5 transverse, F6 largest, only F6 with linear sensilla; clava 2-segmented; scutellum with about 10 setae; wings not shortened, reaching well past cercal plates, fore wing about 3.3× as long as broad; marginal vein not appearing to reach anterior wing margin and shorter than stigmal vein; ovipositor about 2.3× mid tibia and 2× gonostylus. Male . Unknown. Biology. Unknown. Distribution. South Africa ( Limpopo Province ). Material examined. None. Comments. Females of this species can be recognised because of the largely brown body.