Caenohomalopoda shikokuensis (Tachikawa)

Fatima, Farha & Zeya, Shahid Bin, 2022, Revision of Indian species of Caenohomalopoda Tachikawa (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), Zootaxa 5133 (2), pp. 247-269 : 252

2. Caenohomalopoda shikokuensis (Tachikawa)

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Pseudhomalopoda shikokuensis Tachikawa, 1956: 90–93 , female. Holotype, female, Japan, Matsuyama , Shikoku (ELKU), not examined, but see under “Comments”.

Pseudhomalopoda shikokuensis Tachikawa : Tachikawa 1963: 102. Tachikawa 1966: 29–30, male record, Japan, Kyushu. Tachikawa 1978: 66–67, figures. Prinsloo 1979: 21, female, South Africa record.

Caenohomalopoda shikokuensis (Tachikawa) : Tachikawa 1979: 169–170, figures. Tachikawa et al. 1981: 183–186, figures, key. Bennett & Noyes 1989: 370, female, Florida ( USA), Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico records. Trjapitzin 1989: 295, female, key. Trjapitzin & Sharkov 1992: 177–178, key. De Santis & Fidalgo 1994: 57, catalogue. Ge & Shi 1995: 55–57, female, China record. Singh 2004: 1615, key. Zhang & Huang 2004: 37–38, China record. Xu & Huang 2004: female, figures, China record. Zhang & Huang 2006: 214, 216–217, female, host, key, China record. Japoshvili et al. 2016: 364 , notes on types. Ayyamperumal & Manickavasagam 2019: 127, female, figures, India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar) record.

Figures

FIGURES 3–5. Caenohomalopoda shikokuensis (Tachikawa), holotype, female.3, habitus, dorsal; 4, habitus, lateral; 5, holotype ticket indicating data. (Photographs by Mr. Taisuke Kawano, and reproduced with permission of Dr. Mita)

FIGURES 6–12. Caenohomalopoda shikokuensis (Tachikawa), female, Indian specimen. 6, head frontal; 7, mandible; 8, antenna; 9, fore wing; 10, mesosoma; 11, scutellum; 12, gaster showing ovipositor.