Metaphycus anneckei (GUERRIERI & NOYES, 2000)

Madl, Michael, H, Anicetus, H, Anthemus, W, Cheiloneurus, S, Diversinervus, L, Encyrtus, F, Habrolepis & M, Homalotylus, 2023, A catalogue of the family Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1), pp. 219-239 : 225-226

Metaphycus anneckei (GUERRIERI & NOYES, 2000)

Metaphycus anneckei sp.n.: GUERRIERI & NOYES 2000: 150 (biology), 155 (key ♀), 203 (figs 171, 172), 207 (description ♀ ♁, biology, Eritrea ( COMPERE 1931b, 1940a)), 219-220 (host-parasitoid catalogue: COMPERE 1931b)).

* Metaphycus lounsbouryi (HOWARD, 1898): COMPERE 1931a: 242 (biology, Asmara Plateau without exact locality).

Metaphycus lounsbouryi (HOWARD, 1898): COMPERE 1931b: 249 (biology), 250 (biology, Eritrea without exact locality – misidentification GUERRIERI & NOYES 2000).

Metaphycus lounsbouryi (Howard, 1898): COMPERE 1940a: 9 (key, Eritrea without exact locality), 10 (key, Eritrea without exact locality), 18 (taxonomy, biology), 19 (fig. 2 as lounsburii).

Metaphycus lounsbouryi (HOWARD, 1898): FULMEK 1943: 76 (world host-parasitoid catalogue).

Metaphycus lounsbouryi (HOWARD, 1898): THOMPSON 1944: 103 (world host-parasitoid catalogue), 138 (world parasitoid-host catalogue).

Metaphycus lounsbouryi (HOWARD, 1898): THOMPSON 1955: 258 (world parasitoid-host catalogue).

Metaphycus lounsbouryi (HOWARD, 1898): ANNECKE & INSLEY 1971: 18 (catalogue Afrotropical region partim).

Metaphycus lounsbouryi (HOWARD, 1898): PRINSLOO 1983: 13 (parasitoid-host catalogue Afrotropical region), 25 (host-parasitoid catalogue Afrotropical region).

Metaphycus lounsbouryi (HOWARD, 1898): ABATE 1991: 15 (parasitoid-host catalogue Ethiopia: Ethiopia = Eritrea).

H o s t: Hemiptera , Coccidae : Saissetia oleae (OLIVIER, 1791) ( COMPERE 1931a, b).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Asmara Plateau.

Metaphycus lounsbury is recorded from the Afrotropical ( Eritrea, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania), Australian, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions.