Psyllaephagus colposceniae Trjapitzin, 1969

Zou, Boyu, Hu, Hongying, Zhang, Lanwei & Zhang, Yanzhou, 2023, A taxonomic study of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China, ZooKeys 1184, pp. 327-359 : 327

Psyllaephagus colposceniae Trjapitzin, 1969

Fig. 4

Psyllaephagus colposceniae Trjapitzin, 1969: 52. Holotype ♀, Moldova (ZISP), not examined.

Psyllaephagus colposceniae Trjapitzin, 1978: 236-328; 1989: 256; Myartseva 1979: 27-33; Tang et al. 2016: 63-78.

Material examined.

China - Xinjiang • 1♀, Karamay, 23. July. 2012, by sweeping, leg. HY Hu group; 1♀, Karamay, 28. July. 2014, by sweeping, leg. HY Hu group; 1♀, Hami , 1.Aug.2016, by sweeping, leg. HY Hu group; 4♀♀, 2♂♂, Altai , 11.Jun.2023, ex. Colposcenia sp. on Tamarix ramosissima , leg. BY Zou.

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length ~ 1.0 mm; mid and hind coxae dark brown, mid tibia with a dark brown spot at base, basal 3/4 of hind femur dark brown (Fig. 4E, F ); ocelli forming angle of slightly less than 90°; all funicular segments transverse (Fig. 4A ); mesoscutum and scutellum with contrasting sculpture, sculpture on scutellum somewhat deeper than that on mesoscutum; ovipositor hidden or slightly exserted, OL ~ 1.2 × MT (Fig. 4G ).

Description.

See Tang et al. (2016).

Host.

Colposcenia kiritshenkoi Loginova, 1960 ( Hemiptera : Aphalaridae ).

Distribution.

China (Xinjiang); other countries: Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan.

Comments.

The specimens studied here agree well with the original description of this species, except the slight variation in dimension of F2. In some specimens here, F2 is slightly shorter than broad (see also Myartseva 1979). We regard this difference falls within variation of a species.

Figures

Figure 4. Psyllaephagus colposceniae ♀ A antenna B fore wing C mesonotum D fore leg E mid leg F hind leg G ovipositor.