Encarsia praecipua, 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 : 2222-2223

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701550766
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5232962
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D3887DF-FFF4-8F27-EAA9-FF65FE42FD00
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Encarsia praecipua
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

73. Encarsia praecipua n. sp.

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Description

Female. Colour: head yellow, stemmaticum brown. Body entirely yellow except the following parts brown: pronotum, anterior margin of mesoscutal midlobe, a faint longitudinal stripe on midlobe, mesoscutal side lobes anteriorly, and axillae anteriorly. Gaster yellow. Antenna yellow, apex slightly darker. Fore wing hyaline. Legs yellow.

Morphology [measurements of holotype in square brackets]: maxillary palp twosegmented. Antennal formula 1,1,4,2. Pedicel shorter than F1 (0.54–0.62) [0.62]. F1 3.25–3.50 [3.25] times as long as its maximum width, shorter than F2 (0.76–0.90) [0.76] and subequal to or shorter than F3 (0.88–1.00) [0.88]. F2 longer than F3 (1.11–1.15) [1.15]. Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 2, F3: 2, F4: 3, F5: 3, F6: 3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with 10–11 [10] setae, side lobes with three setae each. Scutellar sensilla close together, separated by a distance of less than the width of a sensillum. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae smaller than between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.4–2.5 times as long as width of disc, evenly and densely setose. Marginal fringe 0.15–0.17 [0.15] times as long as width of disc. Basal cell with 12–13 setae, costal cell distally with three large setae. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with eight to nine setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia slightly longer than half the length of the corresponding basitarsus (0.59–0.63) [0.59]. 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 slightly shorter than midtibia (0.94–0.97) [0.94] and 2.28–2.41 [2.28] times as long as clava. Third valvula 0.30–0.36 [0.30] times as long as second valvifer.

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. E. strenua group.

Distribution. Australia: Tasmania.

Host. Unknown.

Material examined

Tasmania: Holotype: ♀, Pelion Hut , 3 km S Mt Oakleigh (41 ° 509S, 146 ° 039E), closed forest (W.E.B.S), 11 February to 1 March 1990, Malaise 2 ( ANIC) . Paratype: ♀, 4 km S Mt Oakleigh (W.E.B.S.), 11 February to 1 March 1990 (41 ° 519S, 146 ° 039E), Malaise 3, closed forest ( BMNH) .