Psyllaeohagus guangxinesis Zu, 2021

Zou, Boyu, Hu, Hongying, Zhang, Lanwei & Zhang, Yanzhou, 2023, A taxonomic study of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China, ZooKeys 1184, pp. 327-359 : 327

Psyllaeohagus guangxinesis Zu, 2021

Fig. 7

Psyllaeohagus guangxinesis Zu, in Wu et al. 2021: 1-10. Holotype ♀, China, Guangxi (TJAU), examined by BYZ.

Material examined.

China - Guangxi • Holotype ♀, Guilin, 29.Aug.2018, ex. Macrohomotoma sinica on Ficus concinna , leg. GH Zu & Y Chen (TJAU); Yunnan • 35♀♀, 9♂♂, Mengla, 16.May.1973, ex. Macrohomotoma gladiatean on Ficus sp., leg. DX Liao; Fujian • 5♀♀, 3♂♂, Huian, 16.Apr.2017, ex. Macrohomotoma gladiatean on Ficus sp., leg. YG Qin & M Xiong; Jiangxi • 21♀♀, 17♂♂, Ganzhou, 20.Jul.2021, ex. Macrohomotoma gladiatean on Ficus sp., leg. YZ Zhang; Sichuan • 5♀♀, 3♂♂, Chengdu, 21.Jun.2018, ex. Macrohomotoma gladiatean on Ficus sp., leg. HL Li.

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length ~ 2.3 mm; legs yellow, but sometimes basal 1/3 of all hind femora dark brown (Fig. 7D ); scape strongly flattened and expanded, less than 2.5 × longer than broad (Fig. 7A ); metasoma ~ 1.3 × longer than mesosoma; ovipositor exserted, exserted part ~ 1/2 of metasoma; OL ~ 3.8 × MT.

Variation.

A little variation was found in coloration of the mid and hind coxae: the mid coxa is not always completely yellow, sometimes the base can be dark brown (Fig. 7C ); the hind coxa varies from partly to totally dark brown (Fig. 7D ).

Description.

See Wu et al. (2021).

Hosts.

Macrohomotoma sinica Yang & Li, 1984 ( Hemiptera : Homotomidae ).

Distribution.

China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Fujian).

Figures

Figure 7. Psyllaeohagus guangxinesis ♀ A antenna B scutellum C mid leg D hind leg E ovipositor.