Psyllaephagus caillardiae Sugonjaev, 1968

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

Psyllaephagus caillardiae Sugonjaev, 1968

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Psyllaephagus caillardiae Sugonjaev, 1968: 592. Holotype ♀, Russia (ZISP), not examined.

Psyllaephagus caillardiae : Danzig and Sugonjaev 1969: 116-124; Myartseva 1984: 145, 233; Tang et al. 2016: 65.

Material examined.

China- Xinjiang • 15♀♀, 11♂♂, Shihezi , 21.Jul.2012, ex. Caillardia azurea on Haloxylon persicum , leg. HY Hu ; 19♀♀, 7♂♂, Karamay , 25.Jul.2016, ex. Caillardia notata on Haloxylon ammodendron , leg. HY Hu’s group; 17♀♀, 3♂♂, 18.Aug.2018, Fukang, leg. HY Hu’s group.

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length ~ 1.5 mm; legs yellow, but basal ~ 1/2 of mid coxae and entire hind coxae dark brown (Fig. 2E-G ); ocelli forming an angle of ~ 90°; mesoscutum and scutellum with similar reticular sculpture (Fig. 2D ); ovipositor distinctly exserted, the exserted part ~ 1/4 of metasoma; OL ~ 1.6 × MT (Fig. 2H ).

Description.

See Tang et al. (2016).

Hosts.

Caillardia azurea Loginova, 1956 and Caillardia robusta Loginova, 1956 ( Hemiptera : Aphalaridae ).

Distribution.

China (Xinjiang); other countries: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Comments.

The specimens examined here agree well with the original description of P. caillardiae , except having the basal ~ 1/2 of mid coxa dark brown; in the original description, the mid coxae were described as yellow.

Figures

Figure 2. Psyllaephagus caillardiae ♀ A antenna B mandible C fore wing D mesonotum E fore leg F mid leg G hind leg H ovipositor.