Encarsia cappa, 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 : 2145-2146

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701550766
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D3887DF-FFB9-8F68-EA8A-FAF1FD29F90D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Encarsia cappa
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

22. Encarsia cappa n. sp.

( Figures 76–78 View Figures 76–78 )

Description (holotype)

Female. Colour: head (except antennae) and anterior part of mesonotum dark brown, remaining body pale yellow. Fore wing hyaline.

Morphology: stemmaticum with reticulate surface sculpture. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3, clava not very distinct. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.57). F1 subquadrate, shorter than F2 (0.70) and F3 (0.41). F2 only slightly longer than half the length of F3 (0.56). Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 0, F3: 3, F4: 3, F5: 3, F6: 3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with 4+1 setae, side lobes with two setae each. Scutellar sensilla separated by a distance of approximately the maximum width of a sensillum. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae smaller than between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.6 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.33 times as long as width of disc. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with six setae. Basal cell with four setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia slightly longer than half the length of the corresponding basitarsus (0.58). Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1: 0, T2: 1, T3: 1, T4: 1, T5: 2, T6: 2, T7 with five setae. Ovipositor subequal in length to midtibia and to clava. Third valvula 0.61 times as long as second valvifer.

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. Not established.

Distribution. Australia: Queensland.

Host. Unknown.

Material examined

Queensland: Holotype: ♀, Cockatoo Crk. Xing, 17 km NW Heathlands , 25 April to 7 June 1992 ( T. McLeod), open forest, Malaise # 5 ( ANIC).