Aleyroctonus stanslyi Lahey & Polaszek, 2019

Lahey, Zachary, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. & Polaszek, Andrew, 2019, Revision of Aleyroctonus Masner & Huggert (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 73, pp. 73-93 : 73

Aleyroctonus stanslyi Lahey & Polaszek sp. nov.

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Description.

Body length of female: 1.21 mm (n=1). Color of radicle: black. Color of mesosoma: black. Color of metasoma: black. Length of LOL: less than 2 OD. Length of POL: approximately 2 OD. Genal carina: absent. Length of clava: not longer than A3-A7. Length of A4: clearly longer than A3. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: flat to slightly convex. Path of notauli: subparallel. Shape of notaulus: posteriorly dilated. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: incomplete medially. Setation of posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: sparse. Sculpture of posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: smooth. Rim of posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: absent. Sculpture of metanotal trough: smooth. Prespecular sulcus: present. Sculpture of prespecular sulcus: smooth. Setation of metapleuron: medially sparse. Length of metabasitarsus: as long or longer than tarsomeres 2-5. Setation of anterolateral pits on T2: dense. Rs of fore wing: nebulous. M of fore wing: nebulous. Rs+M of fore wing: spectral. Shape of ventral adeagal lobe: truncate.

Diagnosis.

Aleyroctonus stanslyi is immediately recognizable by its short POL and posteriorly dilated notauli.

Etymology.

Named in memory of Philip Anzolut Stansly (Professor of Entomology, University of Florida), former graduate advisor of the first author, authority on integrated pest management, and a world-renowned expert on the biological control of whiteflies. The epithet is treated as a noun in the genitive case.

Link to distribution map.

[https://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=475493]

Material examined.

Holotype, female: AUSTRALIA: QLD, Beechmont , 4.V.1991, W. I. Farno, OSUC 697919 (deposited in ANIC) . Paratypes: AUSTRALIA: 15 females, 4 males, OSUC 697910 (ANIC); OSUC 697913-697917, 697920, 697924 (CNCI); 697936-697942, 97952-697953, 697955 (NHMUK); OSUC 697923 (OSUC) .

Comments.

Host records indicate that A. stanslyi is a solitary parasitoid of immature Aleuroctarthrus destructor (Mackie) ( Hemiptera , Aleyrodidae , Aleurodicinae ) on Cordyline stricta (Sims) Endl. ( Asparagales , Asparagaceae ), the narrow-leaved pond lily. Aleyroctonus stanslyi is the ' Aleyroctonus sp. nov.' discussed by Carver and Reid (1996).

Figures

Figure 47. Aleyroctonus stanslyi, male paratype (OSUC 697953)

Figures 41 - 44. Aleyroctonus stanslyi, female holotype (OSUC 697919) 41 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 42 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 43 head, anterior view 44 head, mesosoma, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: in millimeters.

Figure 45, 46. Aleyroctonus stanslyi, female paratype (OSUC 697952) 45 antenna, lateral view 46 fore wing, dorsal view. Scale bars: in micrometers.