The Western Palaearctic species of Psilophrys Mayr (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of kermesids (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Kermesidae) attacking oaks (Quercus spp.)
Author
Japoshvili, Giorgi
Author
Noyes, John S.
text
Journal of Natural History
2006
2006-12-01
40
29 - 31
1793
1800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930601046436
journal article
10.1080/00222930601046436
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Psilophrys tenuicornis
Graham
Encyrtus longicornis
Walker 1847
, p 229
.
Lectotype
♀
(designated
Graham 1969
, p 235
),
England
, OUM, examined.
Psilophrys longicornis
(Walker)
;
Mayr 1876
, p 728
.
Psilophrys tenuicornis
Graham 1969
, p 235
. Replacement name for
Encyrtus longicornis
Walker, 1847
, nec
Dalman, 1820
.
Diagnosis
Female.
Length
1.5–2.5 mm
. Body dark brown with golden-green metallic reflection, mesoscutum with a blue sheen and scutellum with violet reflection; only hind tibia and femora entirely dark brown, base of front and middle femora dark brown; head about 1.7× as long as frontovertex; mandible with one tooth and a truncation. FV about 2× as wide as long; F1 almost 1.5× as long as pedicel; scape about 1.9× as long as club and about 6× as long as wide; OOL equal to OCL, which is about half longest diameter of posterior ocellus; ocelli forming an obtuse triangle; mandible with one tooth and truncation. Fore wing about 2.3× as long as wide; apex of fore wing without marginal fringe; base of stigmal vein forming an angle. Ovipositor exserted, exserted part about 0.2× as long as gaster without exserted part of ovipositor.
Male.
Length 1.6–2.0 mm. Colour as for female, structurally similar except for antenna and genitalia. Antenna with F1 almost 3× as long as pedicel and 4× as long as wide, F5 about 3× as long as wide, F6 about 2.6× as long as wide; clava solid.
Material examined
Type material:
Lectotype
♀
: England, ‘‘LECTO-TYPE O.U.M.’’ ‘‘51’’ ‘‘
Encyrtus longicornis Dal.
’’ ‘‘
Encyrtus longicornis Walker
LECTOTYPE
♀
M. de
V. Graham
det. 1958’’ (OUM). Other material:
Turkey
,
3♀
, 1
„
,
Isparta
, Sutcular, Adada, Ex
K. palestiniensis
on
Q. coccifera
,
10–11 July 2002
(
G. Japoshvili
) (IZGAS);
7♀
, 1
„
,
Isparta
,
Sutcular
,
Adada
,
Ex
K. palestiniensis
on
Q. coccifera
,
10–11 July 2002
(
G. Japoshvili
) (IZGAS);
Austria
,
1♀
,
Austria
,
Bisamberg
,
6 August 1944
(
Novitzky
) (BMNH)
.