Encarsia aseta Hayat and Polaszek
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10. Encarsia aseta Hayat and Polaszek View in CoL
( Figures 34–37 View Figures 34–37 )
Encarsia aseta Hayat and Polaszek 1992, p 107 View in CoL . Holotype ♀, India, Maharashtra, Nagpur, 11 March 1987 (M. R. Lad), ex Dialeurolonga elongata Dozier View in CoL on Citrus sp. (BMNH, examined).
Encarsia aseta Hayat and Polaszek View in CoL : Hayat 1998, p 191 –192, Huang and Polaszek 1998, p 1844 –1845.
Diagnosis
Female. Colour: body entirely yellow. Fore wing hyaline.
Morphology: stemmaticum with reticulate surface sculpture ( Figure 36 View Figures 34–37 ). Antennal formula 1,1,3,3. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.40–1.47). F1 1.77–2.00 times as long as its maximum width, slightly shorter than F2 (0.85–0.91) and F3 (0.71–0.79). F2 shorter than F3 (0.82–0.89). Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 1, F3: 2, F4: 2–3, F5: 3–4, F6: 3–4. Midlobe of mesoscutum without setae, side lobes with one seta each. Scutellar sensilla widely separated (approximately 11–12 times the maximum width of a sensillum). Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae greater than between posterior pair. Fore wing with bare area, 3.0–3.1 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.59–0.66 times as long as width of disc. Basal cell with one seta or none. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with five setae. Tarsal formula 5- 5-5. Apical spur of midtibia longer than half the length of the corresponding basitarsus (0.65–0.68). Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1: 0, T2: 1, T3: 1, T4: 1, T5: 2, T6: 2, T7 with four setae. Ovipositor shorter than midtibia (0.61–0.67) and 0.68– 0.83 times as long as clava. Third valvula 0.60–0.63 times as long as second valvifer.
Male. Unknown.
Species group placement. E. parvella group.
Distribution. Australia: Northern Territory, Western Australia. China, Hawaii, India.
Host. Aleyrodidae : Aleuroplatus pectiniferus Quaintance and Baker , Aleurolobus sp. The following additional hosts have been recorded: Aleurotrachelus sp. ( Huang and Polaszek 1998), Dialeurolonga elongata Dozier ( Hayat and Polaszek 1992) .
Additional material examined
Northern Territory: 3♀, Keep River National Park, 3 May 2000 (S. and O. Schmidt), ex Aleuroplatus pectiniferus on Hakea arborescens (Proteaceae) (ANIC, ZSMG). Western Australia: 1♀, Barton Plains (14 ° 109S, 126 ° 539E), 18 June 1997 (G. Bellis), ex Aleurolobus sp. on Eucalyptus bigalerita (Myrtaceae) (ANIC).
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Encarsia aseta Hayat and Polaszek
Schmidt, Stefan & Polaszek, Andrew 2007 |
Encarsia aseta
Hayat M 1998: 191 |
Huang J & Polaszek A 1998: 1844 |
Encarsia aseta
Polaszek A & Hayat M 1992: 107 |