Encarsia pithecura (Polaszek, 1999)

Myartseva, Svetlana Nikolaevna, Evans, Gregory Allyn & Coronado-Blanco, Juana Maria, 2014, The Encarsia noyesi species-group (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae) in the Neotropical region, with a key and description of the male of E. andrewi from Mexico, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 39, pp. 33-46 : 42

Encarsia pithecura (Polaszek, 1999)

Encarsiella pithecura Polaszek, in Martin and Polaszek 1999: 1557-1558. Holotype female. Belize: Cayo District, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Las Cuevas-Monkey Tail trail, 5.iii.1996, J.H. Martin, ex. Azuraleurodicus pentarthus , in BMNH; Myartseva and Coronado-Blanco 2002: 624.

Encarsia pithecura (Polaszek, 1999); Schmidt and Polaszek 2007: 81.

Diagnosis.

Female: head and body largely brownish-black. Antennal scape, pedicel and third segment of funicle pale, first, fourth to sixth segments brown, second segment pale brown; face, scrobes and clypeus pale. Mesosoma and gaster brownish black, scutellum, tip of seventh tergite and third valvula entirely pale. Legs pale yellow/brown except all coxae and hind femora brown. Fore wing hyaline, except for a small circular patch basally, faintly infuscate. Antennal scape (Fig. 10 ) very slightly expanded, about 2.5 times as long as pedicel. First segment of funicle shorter than pedicel and without sensilla; fifth and sixth segments partly fused, claval sensorial complex developed, the oblique suture dividing these segments absent on part of the ventral surface. Fore wing with 6-8 setae in basal cell. Ovipositor slightly shorter than mid tibia, second valvifer 2.5 times as long as third valvula. Male: unknown.

Distribution.

Belize.

Hosts.

Azuraleurodicus pentarthus Martin ( Martin and Polaszek 1999).

Figures

Figures 7 - 12. Antennae of Encarsia spp.: 7 Encarsia nayarita, female 8 Encarsia noyesi, female 9 male 10 Encarsia pithecura, female 11 Encarsia tamaulipeca, female 12 male.