Parasitoids of jumping plant-lice (Psylloidea, Hemiptera) from the family Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in Serbia
Jerinić-Prodanović, Dušanka
Mihajlović, Ljubodrag
Stojanović, Aleksandar
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-04
4577
1
29
50
4PS57
(Mercet, 1921)
Mercet
1921
[151,627,1622,1648]
Insecta
Encyrtidae
Psyllaephagus
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
9
38
Arthropoda
species
procerus
( Figs. 37 –39)
Material examined. Acizzia jamatonicafrom Albizia julibrissin, Zemun, Kej, 14.vii.2015, ex pupa 1♂. Camarotoscena speciosa(Flor), from Populus nigraLinnaeus, Zemun-Lido, 17.ix.2003. ex pupa 29.ix.2003. 1♀ 2♂♂; Zemun, Nova Galenika, 01.ix.2008. ex pupa 07.ix.2008and 01.x.2008. 30♀♀ 1♂♂. Zemun, Geografski fakultet, 05.ix.2017. ex pupa 1♂. Cacopsylla bidens,from Pyrus pyraster, Bgd—Karaburma, 04.v.2006. ex pupa 15.v.2006. 1♀, 16.xi.2006. ex pupa 26.xi.2006. 1♀. Cacopsylla bidens,from Pyrus communisZemun-fakultet, 24.vi.2006. ex pupa 28.vi.2006 1♀; 11.vii.2006. ex pupa 13.vii.2006. 1♀; 13.vii.2006. ex pupa 17.vii.2006. 3♀♀ 1♂, ex pupa 20.vii.2006. 1♀; Voluja, 25.v.2007. ex pupa 07.vi.2007. 4♀♀ 1♂. Cacopsylla pyrisuga,from Pyrus pyraster, Vršačkibreg, 15.vi.2006. ex pupa 23.vi.2006. 2♀♀. Psyllopsis discrepans(Flor), from Fraxinussp. Bgd—Autokomanda, 13.v.2010. ex pupa 1♂, 15.ix.2010. ex pupa 01.x.2010. 6♂♂, Majdanpek, 25.v.2007. ex pupa 30.vi.2007. 1♀ 2♂♂, Vojvodinci, 04.ix.2006. ex pupa 1♂. Psyllopsis fraxinicola(Foerster), from Fraxinussp. Bgd—Autokomanda, 10.v.2007. ex pupa 22.v.2007. 1♀; Brodica, 25.v.2007. ex pupa 30.v.2007. 1♂; Vršački breg, 14.vi.2006. ex pupa 3♀♀; Zemun-Nova Galenika, 31.v.2007. ex pupa 08.vi.2007. 1♀ 3♂♂; ex pupa 10.vi.2007. 7♀♀ 4♂♂. Psyllopsis repensLoginova, from Fraxinussp., Bgd—Autokomanda, 15.ix.2010. ex pupa 26.ix.2010. 2♂♂. Trophic status.Parasitoid of psyllids (Noyes 2017).
Hosts. Coccidaeand Psyllidae( Cacopsyllasp. C. pyri, Psyllopsis fraxini(Linne))( Trjapitzin 1989; Yasnosh & Japoshvili 1999; Noyes 2017).
Distribution.West Palearctic and Central Asia.
Diagnosis.Head green. Antenna brown, three last segments light-colored. Scutellum blue green, metathorax and metasoma dark bronze, mesosoma green. Base of mesotibia of male dark. All coxae dark; femur, tibia and tarsus yellow; metafemur darkened. Scape as long as 4 –5 flagellar segments, clava slightly longer than segment 3, flagellar segments 1 –4 longer than wide, 5 –6 square, 6 slightly longer than wide. The specimens match the description published by Nikolskaya (1952)and Trjapitzin (1989).
Comments.New record for Serbia. Psyllaephagus proceruswas reared from seven jumping plant-lice, from three genera: Camarotoscena( C. speciosa), Cacopsylla( C. bidens, C. pyriand C. pyrisuga) and Psyllopsis( Ps. discrepans , Ps. fraxinicolaand Ps. repens).
Psyllaephagus procerushas been recorded in association with Cacopsyllasp., ( Cacopsylla pyriand Psyllopsis fraxini), as well as the oak scale Eulecanium ciliatum(Coccidae)so far (Noyes 2017). Here, Psyllaephagus procerusis recorded in association with Cacopsylla bidens, C. pyrisuga, Psyllopsis discrepans, Ps. fraxinicolaand Ps. repensfor the first time ( Table 2).