Aphycoides lecaniorum (Tachikawa, 1963)

Japoshvili, George, Higashiura, Yoshimitsu & Kamitani, Satoshi, 2016, A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 345-401 : 360

Aphycoides lecaniorum (Tachikawa, 1963) stat. restit.

( Figs 21 , 24, 26 )

Plesiomicroterys lecaniorum Tachikawa, 1963: 238 . Synonymised with Plesiomicroterys infuscatus by VOYNOVICH

(1984: 634), and later with Aphycoides fuscipennis by TRJAPITZIN (1989: 161, 252).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀, Matsuyama, ex Takahashia japonica , 29.v.1958, T.Tachikawa lgt. ( ELKU). PARATYPES: 2 ♀♀, Matsuyama, ex Lecanium sp. on Cudrania tricuspidata , 2.vi.1962, T. Tachikawa lgt.; 1 ♀ (on slide), Matsuyama, ex Parthenolecanium sp. nr. glandi, 2.vi.1962, T. Tachikawa lgt. ( ELKU).

Distribution. Japan: Kyushu, Shikoku ( TACHIKAWA 1963a). Endemic.

Comments. VOYNOVICH (1984) incorrectly synonymized this species with A. fuscipennis . The differences between the two species were described by TACHIKAWA (1963) and presented in Table 2. For these reasons we are confident that the two species are distinct and reinstate A. lecaniorum as a valid species.

Figures

Figs 16–22. 16–20 – Aphidencyrtoides tachikawai Japoshvili sp. nov., female: 16 – fore wing; 17 – antenna; 18 – ovipositor; 19 – head; 20 – mesosoma. 21 – Aphycoides lecaniorum (Tachikawa, 1963), female, antenna. 22 – Aphycoides fuscipennis (Ashmead, 1904), female, antenna.

Figs 23–29. 23, 25 – Aphycoides fuscipennis (Ashmead, 1904), female: 23 – fore wing; 25 – ovipositor. 24, 26 – Aphycoides lecaniorum (Tachikawa, 1963), female: 24 – fore wing; 26 – ovipositor. 27–29 – Leptomastix teii Japoshvili, sp. nov., female: 27 – antenna; 28 – fore wing; 29 – ovipositor.