Leptomastix citri Ishii, 1928

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 : 376

Leptomastix citri Ishii, 1928

Leptomastix citri Ishii, 1928: 95 .

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀ (one antenna and fore wing mounted on two separate slides), ex Pseudococcus sp. on Citrus , 29.iv.1923, T. Ishii lgt. ( NIAES).

Distribution. Japan: Kyushu ( ISHII 1928). Endemic.

Comments. ISHII (1928) states that the posterior ocellus is separated from the eye margin by a space twice its own diameter and from the occipital margin by a little less than its own diameter. This is not correct. In the holotype OCL and OOL are equal and 2.5× OD. The slide-mounted fore wing of the holotype is poorly mounted, which makes it impossible to accurately measure its length and width. Leptomastix citri is very close to L. tetrica Noyes & Hayat, 1994 , and they may be synonymous, but this can only be identified with direct comparison of the relevant type material.