Genus
Psyllaephagus Ashmead, 1900
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Psyllaephagus
Ashmead, 1900: 382. Type species:
Encyrtus pachypsyllae
Howard, 1885 by original designation. Type locality U.S.A.
Mirocerus
Ashmead, 1904: 309. Type species:
Mirocerus peyelae
Ashmead, by original designation. Type locality Sri Lanka. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Trjapitzin (1978: 636).
Calocerineloides
Girault, 1913: 11. Type species:
Calocerineloides ramosa
Girault, by original designation. Type locality Australia. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Noyes and Hayat (1984: 330).
Epanagyrus
Girault, 1915: 160. Type species:
Epanagyrus punctatiscutum
Girault, by original designation. Type locality Australia. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Noyes and Hayat (1984: 330).
Neanagyrus
Girault, 1915: 174. Type species:
Neanagyrus capitatu
s Girault, by original designation. Type locality Australia. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Dahms and Gordh (1997: 305).
Anagyropsis
Girault, 1917: 136. Type species:
Anagyropsis purpureus
Girault, by original designation. Type locality Australia. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Noyes and Hayat (1984: 330).
Metaprionomitus
Mercet, 1921: 260. Type species:
Metaprionomitus intermedius
Mercet, by original designation. Type locality Spain. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Trjapitzin (1967: 192).
Shakespearia
Girault, 1928: 3. Type species:
Shakespearia flabellata
Girault, by monotypy. Type locality Australia. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Noyes and Hayat (1984: 330).
Psyllencyrtus
Tachikawa, 1955: 63. Type species:
Psyllencyrtus syntomozae
Tachikawa, by original designation. Type locality Japan. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Tachikawa (1981: 88).
Calluniphilus
Erdös, 1961: 413. Type species:
Calluniphilus vendicus
Erdös, by monotypy. Type locality Australia. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Graham (1969: 248-249).
Ooencyrtoides
Hoffer, 1963: 235. Type species:
Ooencyrtoides albopilosus
Hoffer, by original designation. Type locality Czech. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Graham (1969: 248-249).
Propsyllaephagus
Blanchard in De Santis, 1964: 235. Type species:
Propsyllaephagus trellesi
Blanchard, by monotypy. Type locality Argentina. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Noyes (1979: 165).
Mercetia
Bakkendorf, 1965: 139. Type species:
Copidosoma lusitanicum
Mercet, 1921 by original designation. Type locality Spain. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Graham (1969: 248-249).
Kaszabicyrtus
Szelényi, 1971: 389. Type species:
Kaszabicyrtus acutigastris
Szelényi, by original designation. Type locality Mongolia. Synonymized with
Psyllaephagus
by Trjapitzin and Gordh (1978: 636).
Other citations.
Trjapitzin 1978, 1989; Noyes and Hanson 1996; Myartseva 1980, 1984; Zhang and Huang 2004; Japoshvili et al. 2016.
Diagnosis.
Female. Body length 0.8-3.0 mm usually dark brown with green or blue sheen and with metallic luster; occiput margin often rounded, rarely carinate; mandible with one tooth and a truncation (Fig. 1B
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), or with two teeth and a truncation (Fig. 2B
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), rarely with three teeth; funicle 6-segmented; clava often 3-segmented or entire, rarely 2-segmented; fore wing fully developed, often hyaline, rarely with a smoky spot under marginal vein and stigmal vein; marginal vein usually punctiform or slightly longer than wide (Fig. 15C
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), rarely 2-3 × as long as broad; postmarginal vein usually shorter than stigmal vein, occasionally absent, in some species as long as or even longer than stigmal vein; mesopleuron in side view clearly separated from base of metasoma by propodeum; mid tibia spur usually shorter than basal tarsus; hypopygium very rarely reaching apex of metasoma; ovipositor hidden, slightly to strongly exserted. Male essentially similar in appearance except for antennae and genitalia: the funicle varying from whiplike with long setae to flattened with short setae, clava entirely; the genitalia usually developed and exserted.
