Description of two new species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing Phacopteron lentiginosum Buckton (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a leaf gall-former of Garuga pinnata Roxburgh (Burseraceae)
Author
Singh, Sudhir
Author
Singh, Karan Pal
text
Zootaxa
2011
2885
33
43
journal article
46868
10.5281/zenodo.277604
0612c526-0bf1-4de5-bb5a-76beff32efe1
1175-5326
277604
Key to females of Indian species of
Psyllaephagus
Ashmead
modified from
Hayat (2006)
1. Metasoma elongate-triangular, apically pointed (
Figs 1
,
9
), with last tergite long, V-shaped; ovipositor usually longer than dorsal length of metasoma, and then in ventral view base of metasoma protruding anteriorly between metacoxae; body generally
large,
1.5–3.9 mm
. (Males with funicle segments flattened and covered with short setae not more than half width of respective funicle segment)...................................................................................... 2
- Metasoma not as described above, apically rounded, with last tergite broader than long, wide U-shaped, and in ventral view base of metasoma not protruding anteriorly between metacoxae; ovipositor usually shorter than three-quarters dorsal length of metasoma; body generally smaller,
1.2–2.5 mm
. (Males with funicle segments cylindrical and bearing whorls of long, curly setae longer than width of respective funicle segment,
Figs 17, 21
).................... to couplet 4 of
Hayat (2006: 150)
2. At least one pair of coxae dark brown to black............................................................... 3
- All coxae pale yellow to white................................................. to couplet 3 of
Hayat (2006: 150)
3.
Hind
coxa dark brown, fore and mid coxae pale yellow....................
P
.
macrohomotomae
Singh & Agarwal, 1993
.
-
Hind
and middle coxae brown, fore coxa pale yellow......................................................... 4
4. Scape slightly expanded mesally but elongate,
4x
as long as wide (
Fig. 5
)......................
P
.
phacopteron
sp. nov.
- Scape distinctly expanded mesally, only about
2x
as long as wide.................................
P
.
garuga
sp. nov.