Psyllaephagus Ashmead

Singh, Sudhir & Singh, Karan Pal, 2011, Description of two new species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing Phacopteron lentiginosum Buckton (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a leaf gall-former of Garuga pinnata Roxburgh (Burseraceae), Zootaxa 2885, pp. 33-43 : 34-35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277604

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6189713

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAF236-5115-0111-00C9-F8CD53A9FE7C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Psyllaephagus Ashmead
status

 

Key to females of Indian species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead View in CoL View at ENA modified from Hayat (2006)

1. Metasoma elongate-triangular, apically pointed ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , 9 View FIGURES 9 – 15 ), with last tergite long, V-shaped; ovipositor usually longer than dorsal length of metasoma, and then in ventral view base of metasoma protruding anteriorly between metacoxae; body generally

large, 1.5–3.9 mm. (Males with funicle segments flattened and covered with short setae not more than half width of respective funicle segment)...................................................................................... 2 - Metasoma not as described above, apically rounded, with last tergite broader than long, wide U-shaped, and in ventral view base of metasoma not protruding anteriorly between metacoxae; ovipositor usually shorter than three-quarters dorsal length of metasoma; body generally smaller, 1.2–2.5 mm. (Males with funicle segments cylindrical and bearing whorls of long, curly setae longer than width of respective funicle segment, Figs 17, 21 View FIGURES 16 – 24. 16 – 20 ).................... to couplet 4 of Hayat (2006: 150)

2. At least one pair of coxae dark brown to black............................................................... 3

- All coxae pale yellow to white................................................. to couplet 3 of Hayat (2006: 150)

3. Hind coxa dark brown, fore and mid coxae pale yellow.................... P. macrohomotomae Singh & Agarwal, 1993 .

- Hind and middle coxae brown, fore coxa pale yellow......................................................... 4

4. Scape slightly expanded mesally but elongate, 4x as long as wide ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 8 )...................... P. phacopteron sp. nov.

- Scape distinctly expanded mesally, only about 2x as long as wide................................. P. garuga sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Encyrtidae

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