Homalotylus hemipterinus (De Stefani, 1898)

Zu, Guohao, Xue, Hao, Wang, Haiyang, Zhen, Wenquan & Huang, Dawei, 2023, Description of three new species and new distributional data for three species of Homalotylus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China, ZooKeys 1184, pp. 273-289 : 273

Homalotylus hemipterinus (De Stefani, 1898)

Figs 32-37

Phaenodiscus hemipterinus De Stefani, 1898: 250. Holotype? ♀, Italy,? lost.

Homalotvlus orci Girault, 1917a: 3. Syntypes, Indonesia (Java), USNM, examined.

Homalorylus flavimesopleurum Girault, 1917b: 5. Lectotype ♀, Japan, USNM, examined.

Neoaenasioidea nigritus Agarwal, 1970: 27. Holotype ♀, India, ZAMU, not examined.

Echthroplexis tumkurensis Shafee & Fatma, 1985: 375. Holotype ♀, India, ZAMU, not examined.

Homalotvlus evtelweinii (Ratzeburg); Hayat 2006, Trjapitzin and Ruiz Cancino 2003, misidentification.

Host.

Coleoptera ( Coccinellidae ): Chilocorus bipustulatus , Chilocorus bijugus , Chilocorus nigritus , Chilocorus sp., Coccinella septempunctata , Cycloneda sanguinea , Menochilus sexmaculatus .

Distribution.

China (Guangxi), Japan, Thailand, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Iran, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, South Afica, Chad, Sudan, Togo, Cosat Rica, Bahamas, Paraguay, Colombia, Fiji.

Material examined.

15♀, China, Guangxi Province, Qinzhou City, Beibu Gulf University , 21°53'53"N, 108°36'56"E, c. 24 m, 26.III-29.XII.2019, Wen-quan Zhen, Malaise trapping .

Diagnosis.

This is the first record from China.

Figures

Figures 32 - 37. Homalotylus hemipterinus (De Stefani, 1898), female 32 head 33 antenna 34 mesosoma and metasoma 35 fore wing 36 hind wing 37 legs. Scale bars: 100 μm.