Encarsia flavoscutellum Zehntner, 1900

Encarsia flavo-scutellum Zehntner, 1900: 12. Neotype ♀ (USNM), Indonesia: Java, Pasoeroean, designated by Evans, Polaszek & Bennett, 1995: 34, not examined.

Encarsia flavoscutellum: Ishida, 1926: 379; Sonan, 1944: 32; Evans, Polaszek & Bennett, 1995: 34; Huang & Polaszek, 1998: 1877.

Material examined.

CHINA: 5♀, 2♂ [on slides, NEFU], Sichuan Province, Guangyuan City, Qingchuan County, 21. VIII. 2015, Ye Chen, Chao Zhang, sweeping; 2♀ [on slides, NEFU], Shaanxi Province, Jiange County, 18. VIII. 2015, Ye Chen, Chao Zhang, sweeping; 1♀, 1♂ [on slides, NEFU], Henan Province, Xinyang City, Shihe District, Wusheling, 7. VIII. 2015, Hui Geng, Yan Gao, Zhi-Guang Wu, sweeping.

Hosts.

Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner, Astegopteryx nipae (van der Goot) [ Hemiptera, Aphididae, Hormaphidinae].

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Henan [new records], Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan), India, Indonesia.

Discussion.

Our specimens agree with the descriptions given by Huang & Polaszek (1998), except the specimens from Sichuan and Shaanxi which have the hind coxae slightly brownish.