brasiliensis (Lima)

Gitona brasiliensis Lima, 1950: 251 . Wheeler 1961: 750 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 169 [checklist]; Peck 1996: 122 [mode of introduction]; Peck et al. 1998: 228 [introduced species]; Causton et al. 2006: 134 [introduced species].

Rhinoleucophenga brasiliensis: Brake & Bächli 2008: 291 [catalogue].

Distribution. Introduced (Wheeler 1961). Neotropical; Galápagos: Santa Cruz.

Remarks. This species is an obligate parasitoid of the ensign coccid Praelongorthezia praelonga (Douglas), which lives on citrus plants (Wheeler 1961; Poppe et al. 2018).