Psyllaephagus iwayaensis Ishii, 1928

Japoshvili, George, Higashiura, Yoshimitsu & Kamitani, Satoshi, 2016, A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 345-401 : 390

Psyllaephagus iwayaensis Ishii, 1928

Psyllaephagus iwayaensis Ishii, 1928: 128 .

Type material examined. LECTOTYPE: ♀ (here designated), (No. 145), Mountain Iwaya near Nagasaki, from psyllid found on Cinnamomum sp. , 3.vi.1925, T. Ishii lgt. PARALECTOTYPES: 5 ♀♀, same data as lectotype.

Additional material examined. 3 ♀♀, Matsuyama, ex Trioza cinnamomi , 1.–5.v.1956, T. Tachikawa lgt. & det .; 1 ♀ (on slide), Matsuyama, ex T. cinnamomi , 1.v.1956, T. Tachikawa lgt. & det. ( ELKU) .

Distribution. Japan: Kyushu, Shikoku ( TACHIKAWA 1963a). Endemic.

Comments. It is worth noting that the mesoscutum of the type specimens has a metallic blue-violet to golden lustre which contrasts with the green-bronze and golden lustre of the scutellum and gaster. In the TRJAPITZIN’ s (1989) key to species of Psyllaephagus , couplet 63 is erroneous in that the marginal and postmarginal veins are both shorter than the stigmal vein, the ocelli form an 80° angle and AOL is less than POL. The same author incorrectly states that the mesoscutum and scutellum are with light purple-green metallic reflection, the postmarginal and marginal veins are as long as stigmal vein, the ocelli form a 60° angle and AOL is as long as POL.