Zaomma eriococci ( Ferrière, 1955 ),

Suh, Soo-Jung, 2019, Notes on some parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) in the Republic of Korea, Insecta Mundi 690, pp. 1-5 : 4

* Zaomma eriococci ( Ferrière, 1955) [ Encyrtidae ] ( Fig. 5-6 )

Apterencyrtus eriococci Ferrière, 1955: 117–118 . Female, Germany.

Diagnosis. Female. Body about 1.3 mm long, black with frons and mesoscutum having metallic reflec- tions. Antenna black except for F5–F6 white; clava three-segmented, apically obliquely truncated, larger, wider than last funicle segment; six-segmented funicle cylindrical. Mesoscutum with white setae; black tuft of bristles located about on middle of scutellum. Middle tibiae white; tarsus five-segmented. Fore wing hyaline; venation yellow-brown. Ovipositor slightly projecting.

Male. Body 1 mm long, generally similar to the female except for antenna and genitalia; antennae brownish, funicle cylindrical, with long hairs; mesoscutum with blackish setae ( Tachikawa 1979).

Material examined. Korea. GG: 126 Suin-ro , Gwonseon-gu, Suwon-si, 1 female and 1 male, ex. A. lagerstroemiae on L. indica , 18-VI-2014 (S.J. Suh) .

Distribution. China, Europe, Japan, Kazakhstan ( Noyes 2018); Korea *.

Hosts. Recorded from eight species belonging to Eriococcidae (7 species) and Pseudococcidae (1 species) ( Noyes 2018); Eriococcidae : Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae *.

Remarks. This species is recorded for the first time in Korea.

Figures

Figures 1–6. Three species of parasitoids associated with Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Kuwana) in Korea. 1) Parasitoid emergence holes in scale covers of A. lagerstroemiae (crapemyrtle scale). 2) Marietta picta (Andre), female. 3–4) Metaphycus eriococci (Timberlake), female and head. 5–6) Zaomma eriococci (Ferrière), female and mesoscutum.