Encarsia brahmsi (Girault)

Schmidt, Stefan & Polaszek, Andrew, 2007, The Australian species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Journal of Natural History 41 (33 - 36), pp. 2099-2265 : 2139-2140

18. Encarsia brahmsi (Girault)

( Figures 63–65 )

Coccophagus brahmsi Girault 1933 [440], p 2[305]. Holotype ♀, Australia, Queensland, Indooroopilly (QMBA, type no. T. 8691, examined).

Coccophagus brahmsi Girault : Dahms 1983, p 148.

Encarsia brahmsi (Girault) : Hayat 1989b, p 289. Change of combination. Redescription (holotype)

Female. Colour: head and body brown. Metasoma dark brown. Antenna yellow-brown. Fore wing with slight infuscation behind marginal vein. Legs yellow, hind coxa partly brown.

Morphology: maxillary palp two-segmented. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.3). F1 1.9 times as long as its maximum width, shorter than F2 (0.77) and F3 (0.71). F2 subequal in length to F3. Scutellar sensilla widely separated from each other. Fore wing about 2.5 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.18 times as long as width of disc. Basal cell with nine setae. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with nine setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Ovipositor shorter than midtibia (0.87), about 1.2 times as long as clava. Third valvula 0.27 times as long as second valvifer.

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. E. aurantii group.

Distribution. Australia: Queensland.

Host. Unknown.

Figures

Figures 63–65. Encarsia brahmsi (Girault), holotype female. (63) Body of type specimen. (64) Head and antennae. (65) Fore wing.