Psyllaephagus latiscapus Xu, 2000

Zou, Boyu, Hu, Hongying, Zhang, Lanwei & Zhang, Yanzhou, 2023, A taxonomic study of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China, ZooKeys 1184, pp. 327-359 : 327

Psyllaephagus latiscapus Xu, 2000

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Psyllaephagus latiscapus Xu, in Xu et al. 2000a: 39. Holotype ♀, China, Zhejiang (ZUIE), examined by YZZ.

Psyllaephagus latiscapus Xu: Tang et al. 2016: 69; Wu et al. 2021: 7.

Material examined.

China - Zhejiang • Holotype ♀, Hangzhou, 26.V.1957, ex. Pachypsylla celtidisgemma , 5720-9, lge. QH Chen (ZUIE); Shandong • 4♀♀, 1♂, Qingdao, 24 Oct. 1962, ex. Pachypsylla celtidisgemma on Celtis sinensis , leg. QH Chen.

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length ~ 2.0 mm, head with metallic blue; tegulae entirely pale yellow; antenna with scape strongly expanded, ~ 2.3 × as long as wide (Fig. 11A ); postmarginal vein nearly as long as stigmal vein (Fig. 8 ); mid and hind coxae dark brown; ovipositor exserted, the exserted part ~ 1/5 of metasoma. OL ~ 1.5 × MT.

Description.

See Xu et al. (2000a).

Host.

Pachypsylla celtidisgemma Riley, 1885 ( Hemiptera : Aphalaridae ).

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, Yunnan).

Comments.

The material above was treated as P. punctatus by Zhang (2001) in his thesis, which was not formally published but later cited by Tang et al. (2016) and Wu et al. (2021).

Figures

Figure 11. Psyllaephagus latiscapus A antenna ♀ B antenna ♂.

Figures 8 - 10. Psyllaephagus latiscapus ♀ 8 body in dorsal view 9 body in lateral view 10 head in dorsal view.