Aphelinus thomsoni Graham, 1976

Japoshvili, George & B, Levan Mumladze, 2019, New species and new records of Aphelinus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) from Lagodekhi Reserve (Sakartvelo - Georgia), with diversity and distribution along an elevational gradient, Turkish Journal of Zoology 43 (2), pp. 192-202 : 197

11. Aphelinus thomsoni Graham, 1976 *

Diagnosis: Body wholly yellow with only eyes and ocelli darker. Antennae and legs also yellow except tips of tarsi. Hind ocelli very small, separated by more than their own major diameter from orbits of eyes. Antenna with scape almost 6 times as long as broad; F3 slightly longer than broad, F2 slightly longer than F1. Forewing with 1–6 hairs on the basal vein and with 3 or 4 lines of long hairs anterior to linea calva; costal cell almost as long as marginal vein, and on ventral surface with two complete row of hairs. Ovipositor 0.5–0.7× as long as midtibia.

Material examined: 2ff, 2–12.iv.2014; 1f, 12–23.iv.2014, [#H1], leg. Japoshvili & Kirkitadze; Georgia, Lagodekhi Reserve , 1f, 4–14.vi.2014; 8f, 15–25.vi.2014, 7ff, 5m; 25.vi.–5.vii.2014, 1f, 1m; 5–15.vii.2014, [#H5]; 1f, 25.v.–4. vi.2014, [#H6], leg. Japoshvili & Kirkitadze; 4ff, 1m, 5–15. vii.2014; 4ff, 25.v.–4.vi.2014; 1f, 25.vi.–5.vii.2014, [#H7], G. Japoshvili.

Distribution: Czech Republic, Georgia *, Moldova, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom ( Noyes, 2017).

Hosts: Drepanosiphum gracilis , Drepanosiphum platanoidis , Myzocallis annulata .