Leptomastidea debachi Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino, 2002

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Aguirre, María B., Logarzo, Guillermo A., Hight, Stephen D., Ciomperlik, Matthew A., Rugman-Jones, Paul F. & Verle Rodrigues, Jose C., 2018, Complex of primary and secondary parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae and Signiphoridae) of Hypogeococcus spp. mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the New World, Florida Entomologist 101 (3), pp. 411-434 : 415-417

Leptomastidea debachi Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino, 2002

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Leptomastidea debachi Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino 2002: 32–35 . Type locality: Las Barracas (about 30 km E of Santiago, 23.4672°N, 109.4502°W, 50 masl), Baja California Sur, Mexico. Holotype female [USNM], examined ( Triapitsyn 2015).

Leptomastidea debachi Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino : Triapitsyn 2015: 9–10 (type information, description of the male, taxonomic comments), 12–13 (illustrations).

Type Material Examined. Paratype female [ UCRC] on point labeled: 1. “Mex. Baja Cal. Sur Las Barracas 18-V-1985 ”; 2. “ Coll. P. DeBach Pan trap”; 3. “ Leptomastidea ♀ Det. V. Trjapitzin May 1997 ”; 4. [red] “ Paratypus Leptomastidea ♀ debachi Trjapitzin et Ruíz Cancino ”; 5. “Praep. micr. 7M”; 6. [bar code] “ UCRC _ ENT 00408131 ” (an antenna was detached from this specimen; it is mounted on a slide labeled: 1. “ Leptomastidea debachi ♀ Trjapitzin et Ruíz Cancino México: Baja California Sur Las Barracas. Pan trap 18.V.1985 (Coll. P. DeBach) 7M Antena”; 2. [red] “ Paratypus Leptomastidea ♀ debachi Trjapitzin et Ruíz Cancino ”. Also 3 other female paratypes [ UCRC] from the same locality, all collected by P. DeBach: 1 (lacking the head) with the same data as above except “Praep. micr. 6M” and “ UCRC _ ENT 00408128 ” (a detached fore wing from this specimen is mounted on the slide number 6M with the identical label as above except “6M Ala ant.”); and 2 other females collected 5 May 1985 ( UCRC _ ENT 00408129 ) and 10 May 1985 ( UCRC _ ENT 00408130 ) .

Comments. Leptomastidea debachi is known only from the type locality in Baja California Sur, Mexico, and is native to the region ( Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino 2002; Triapitsyn 2015). Triapitsyn (2015) also specified its palpal formula and noted that it might fit better in Gyranusoidea , as defined by Noyes (2000). However, otherwise it has most of the rather vague defining features of Leptomastidea , of which Gyranusoidea quite likely would be eventually recognized as a junior synonym, so its transfer to the latter genus would not make much sense.

PRIMARY PARASITOIDS OF HYPOGEOCOCCUS SPP.

Figures

Figs. 6–7. Leptomastidea debachi female (paratypes): 6, antenna; 7, fore wing.