Encarsia craspedia, Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007

Schmidt, Stefan & Polaszek, Andrew, 2007, The Australian species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Journal of Natural History 41 (33 - 36), pp. 2099-2265 : 2155-2156

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701550766
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D3887DF-FFB3-8F62-EAA2-FB5AFF2AF90C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Encarsia craspedia
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

29. Encarsia craspedia n. sp.

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Description

Female. Colour: head yellow, stemmaticum with three small brown spots adjacent to ocelli. Mesosoma yellow except pronotum and mesoscutal midlobe anteriorly brown. Basal half of gaster (T1–T3) yellow, apical half (T4–T7) dark brown. Fore wing hyaline. Legs yellow.

Morphology [measurements of holotype in square brackets]: stemmaticum with rugose surface sculpture. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.42–1.44) [1.44]. F1 1.50–1.73 [1.50] times as long as broad, about half as long as F2 (0.55–0.59) [0.55], and 0.62–0.66 [0.62] times as long as F3. Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 1–2, F3: 1–2, F4: 3, F5: 3, F6: 3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with 10 setae, arranged symmetrically, side lobes with three setae each. Scutellar sensilla separated by a distance of about three to four times the maximum width of a sensillum. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae slightly smaller than between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.4 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.19–0.20 [0.19] times as long as width of disc. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with seven or eight setae. Basal cell with four setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia distinctly longer than half the length of the corresponding basitarsus (0.77–0.83) [0.83]. Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1: 0, T2: 1, T3: 1, T4: 1, T5: 2, T6: 2, T7 with four setae. Ovipositor shorter than midtibia (0.85–0.86) [0.86] and 1.50– 1.51 [1.50] times as long as clava. Third valvula 0.21–0.22 [0.22] times as long as second valvifer.

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. Not established.

Distribution. Australia: Western Australia.

Host. Unknown.

Material examined

Western Australia: Holotype: ♀, Cape Arid National Park, Yokinup Bay area , 31 December 1986 to 3 January 1987 (J. S. Noyes) ( ANIC); 1♀, same data as holotype ( BMNH).