Coccophagus lutescens Compere, Compere.

Chen, Ye & Li, Cheng-De, 2017, Three new species of Coccophagus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China, with new distributional data for three additional species, Zootaxa 4294 (2), pp. 256-270 : 266

Coccophagus lutescens Compere

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Coccophagus lutescens Compere 1931: 67 . Holotype ♀, South Africa, USNM, examined.

Coccophagus lutescens: Annecke & Insley, 1974: 28 ; Hayat, 1998: 156; Myartseva et al., 2014: 1019.

Material examined. 1♀ [on slide, NEFU], CHINA, Yunnan Province, Kunming City. 16.IV.2013. Xiang-xiang Jin, Chao Zhang , reared from Ceroplastes sp. ( Hemiptera , Coccidae ).

Diagnosis. Female. Body yellow except posterior margin of pronotum and median area of mesoscutum anteriorly dark brown. Mesosoma with pale setae. Head ( Fig. 28 ) 0.78× as high as wide, frontovertex 0.42× head width. Antenna ( Fig. 29 ) with scape 4.56× as long as wide; pedicel distinctly longer than (1.78×) F1 and 1.6× as long as wide; F1 smallest funicular, 0.6× as long as F2; F2 about as long as F3; clava 1.22× as long as scape, distinctly longer than funicle, with the second septum oblique; C2 with dorsal margin much longer than ventral margin. Mesoscutum with median area ( Fig. 30 ) having about 30 setae but midline bare. Mesoscutellum with cells of sculpture unusually large. Fore wing ( Fig. 31 ) 1.96× as long as wide; marginal setae 0.22× as long as wing width. Mesotibial spur ( Fig. 32 ) 1.22× as long as corresponding basitarsus, and the latter as long as two following tarsomeres together. Metasoma about 1.17× as long as mesosoma. Ovipositor ( Fig. 33 ) 1.28× as long as mesotibia, originating from posterior margin of TII; second valvifer 2.96× as long as third valvula, and the latter 1.33× as long as mesobasitarsus.

Hosts. Ceroplastes sp. Extralimital records ( Noyes 2017) include: Pulvinaria jacksoni Newstead , Saissetia oleae (Olivier) ( Hemiptera , Coccidae ).

Distribution. China (Yunnan) [new record], India, Kenya, South Africa.

Comments. One of the reviewers of this paper confirmed our identification through examining the type specimens (holotype, allotype and female paratype) at USNM. Our specimen agrees quite well with the descriptions of Compere (1931), Annecke & Insley (1974) and Hayat (1998). A minor difference should be noted: according to these previous descriptions the body is yellow, without mention of any dark markings, but our specimen from China has the posterior margin of the pronotum and the anterior part of the median area of the mesoscutum narrowly dark brown. Here we provide photos ( Figs 28 ̄33) for reference.

Figures

FIGURES 28 – 33. Coccophagus lutescens, holotype ♀: 28, head, frontal view; 29, antenna; 30, mesosoma; 31, fore wing; 32, mid leg; 33, metasoma.