Anagyrus kamali Moursi, 1948
(Figs 2, 6)
Anagyrus kamali Moursi 1948a: 1–3, 4 (illustrations). Type locality: Massara, Egypt .
Anagyrus kamali Moursi: Andreason et al. 2019: 68 (key), 69 (measurements), 75–76 (taxonomic history, hosts, distribution, comments), 77–79 (illustrations).
Type material examined. Paratype male [USNM] (Fig. 6) on card, labeled: 1. “ Collector A. Moursi ”; 2. “Ex- Phen. [acoccus] Hirsutus ”; 3. “Massara Jan. 1946 ”; 4. [partially red] “Anastase Alfieri collection 1965”; 5. “ Anagyrus kamali Moursi 1948 PARATYPE ” .
Material examined. BMNH: 5 females and 3 males, labeled: “ PUERTO RICO Yabucoa 4.ii.1999 Maconellicoccus hirsutus J. P. Michaud ” (determined by J.S. Noyes) .
FSCA: 2 females and 1 male, labeled: “ CHINA: Guangdong, Hunghu Farm, 5-VI-1988, F. D. Bennett & Ren Hui, par.[asitic] on Maconellicoccus hirsutus on Hibiscus ” (determined by J.S. Noyes in 1989) ; 3 females and 1 male, labeled: “ CHINA: Guangdong, Shenzhen, 27.V.1988, F. D. Bennett & Ren Hui. Ex. Maconellicoccus hirsutus ” (determined by J.S. Noyes in 1995) ; 3 females, labeled [with many mistakes some of which are corrected here]: “ China lab. culture, 7-VIII-1995, D. Meyerdirk, La Guerite, WF, Anagyrus kamali ex. Maconellicoccus hirsutus on Hibiscus ” (determined by S.V. Triapitsyn in 2018). Also the specimens mentioned in “Materials and methods” above in vial 2 .
USNM (labeled as follows): “ CHINA /ENGLAND VIII. 1. 1996 Basseterre, St. Kitts West Indies ” (1 female, 1 male); “Origin: China Received from: Tony Cross Interntl. Inst. Biol. Control August 1, 1996 Released: 3500 on St. Kitts, W.I., Aug. 2, 1996 By Dale Meyerdirk USDA, APHIS, PPQ Anagyrus kamali Host: Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Plant: Hibiscus ” (numerous females and males); “ St. Kitts W.I. Fort Thomas Hotel 4.XI.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” (3 females, 3 males); “ St. Kitts W.I. Fort Thomas Hotel 11.XII.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” (1 male); “ St. Kitts W.I. Halfway Tree 30.XII.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” (1 female, 1 male); “ St. Kitts W.I. Halfway Tree 30.XII.1996 ex unknown on hibiscus” (1 male); “ St. Kitts W.I. Timothy Beach Hotel 26.I X.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” (1 female, 2 males); “ St. Kitts W.I. Timothy Beach Hotel 1.XI.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” (1 female); “ St. Kitts W.I. Jack Tar’s Village 7.XII.1996 ex M. hirsutus on hibiscus” (1 female, 2 males); “ Egypt ( Benyswef) [sic, Beni Suef] 10/6/85 Host: Maconellicoccus hirsutus on Hibiscus ” (4 females, determined by J.S. Noyes and M. Hayat in 1992); “Coll. Nov. 7, 1996 Honolulu, Hawaii J. Barber Host: Maconellicoccus hirsutus ” (2 females, 2 males, determined by M.E. Schauff in 1997) ; “ [USA] DELEWARE [sic]: Newark Beneficial Insect Res. Lab VI. 2000, L. Ertle, ex. Lab colony of mixed origin” (3 females, 1 male); “ PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG DEC. 27, 2004 TUMON, GUAM J. B. AMIZA, DR. P. REDDY ” (1 male) .
Brief diagnosis. Female with a combination of the following key features: F1 with distal half or so black dorsally while often whitish ventrally, ratio of F1 length to pedicel length 0.72–0.90, and ratio of F2 length to F1 length 0.84–1.00; minimum width of frontovertex 0.39–0.44× head width; marginal setae on fore wing inconspicuous or relatively short (the longest seta at most 20 µm). Male antenna (Figs 2, 6) with a wide median dark band on the scape. See Andreason et al. (2019) for the additional illustrations of both sexes of this species.