Anagrus (Anagrus) frequens Perkins, 1905

Huber, John T., Read, Jennifer D. & Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 2021, Illustrated key to the genera and catalogue of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 5036 (1), pp. 1-166 : 15-16

Anagrus (Anagrus) frequens Perkins, 1905

Anagrus frequens Perkins, 1905: 198 , lectotype ♀ (BPBM), invalidly designated by Triapitsyn & Beardsley, 2000: 32; validated by Triapitsyn, 2001: 279. TL: Australia, Queensland, Bundaberg. Triapitsyn, 1998: 142 ( Congo).

Anagrus (Anagrus) frequens: Triapitsyn, 2015: 22 (description, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa).

Anagrus cicadulinae Ferrière, 1930: 40 ; lectotype ♀ (NHMUK), invalidly designated by Triapitsyn & Beardsley, 2000: 32; vali- dated by Triapitsyn, 2001: 279. TL: South Africa, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], Durban. Synonymy by Triapitsyn & Beardsley, 2000: 32. Heqvist, 1960: 430 (catalogue); Mathot, 1968: 272 (key); Triapitsyn, 2015: 42 (as A. frequens , South Africa).

Afrotropical host. Cicadellidae : Cicadulina mbila (Naudé) on Zea mays .

Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa.

Remarks. While the record of A. frequens from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Triapitsyn (1998, 2015) is not in doubt, that cannot be said about the synonymy of A. cicadulinae with A. frequens by Triapitsyn & Beardsley (2000). Despite their morphological similarity, it is quite possible that A. cicadulinae is a good species, one of the many described and undescribed members of the atomus species group of A. ( Anagrus ) that are so diverse and speciose in the Afrotropical region. All other, reliable host records of A. frequens outside of Africa are from eggs of Delphacidae ( Triapitsyn & Beardsley 2000) , so the original record of A. cicadulinae from eggs of the maize leafhopper Cicadulina mbila ( Ferrière 1930) may indicate the validity of A. cicadulinae . The type series of A. cicadulinae is very poorly mounted, making its proper recognition difficult so fresh specimens need to be reared from the same host in South Africa and compared both morphometrically and genetically to authoritatively identified specimens of A. frequens from the Australasian and Oriental regions.