Encarsia maculata, Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007

Schmidt, Stefan & Polaszek, Andrew, 2007, The Australian species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Journal of Natural History 41 (33 - 36), pp. 2099-2265 : 2192-2193

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701550766
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D3887DF-FFD6-8F39-EAA9-FF65FDE1FD9B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Encarsia maculata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

53. Encarsia maculata n. sp.

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Description (holotype)

Female. Colour: head yellow except stemmaticum with small brown spots adjacent to ocelli. Mesosomal yellow, pronotum slightly brown. Gaster yellow except T1–T5 with transverse brown band forming a large spot. Antenna yellow. Fore wing hyaline. Legs yellow.

Morphology: stemmaticum with reticulate surface sculpture. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3. Pedicel subequal in length to F1. F1 2.72 times as long as its maximum width, distinctly shorter than F2 (0.67) and F3 (0.76). F2 longer than F3 (1.13). Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 1, F3: 2, F4: 2, F5: 2, F6: 2–3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with seven setae, side lobes with three setae each. Scutellar sensilla close together, separated by a distance of slightly more than the width of a sensillum (1.2). Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae distinctly smaller than between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.8 times as long as width of disc, disc near posterior margin with sparsely setose area. Marginal fringe 0.34 times as long as width of disc. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with seven setae. Basal cell with three setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia longer than half the length of the corresponding basitarsus (0.83). Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1: 0, T2: 1, T3: 1, T4: 1, T5: 3, T6: 3, T7 with four setae. Ovipositor longer than midtibia (1.2) and about 1.9 times as long as clava. Third valvula 0.30 times as long as second valvifer.

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. Not established.

Distribution. Western Australia.

Host. Aleyrodidae : Dialeurodes sp.

Material examined

Western Australia: Holotype ♀, Purnululu National Park , 8 May 2000 (S. and O. Schmidt), ex Dialeurodes sp. ( ANIC).