Encarsia cappa, Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701550766 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D3887DF-FFB9-8F68-EA8A-FAF1FD29F90D |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Encarsia cappa |
status |
sp. nov. |
22. Encarsia cappa n. sp.
( Figures 76–78 View Figures 76–78 )
Description (holotype)
Female. Colour: head (except antennae) and anterior part of mesonotum dark brown, remaining body pale yellow. Fore wing hyaline.
Morphology: stemmaticum with reticulate surface sculpture. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3, clava not very distinct. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.57). F1 subquadrate, shorter than F2 (0.70) and F3 (0.41). F2 only slightly longer than half the length of F3 (0.56). Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 0, F3: 3, F4: 3, F5: 3, F6: 3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with 4+1 setae, side lobes with two setae each. Scutellar sensilla separated by a distance of approximately the maximum width of a sensillum. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae smaller than between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.6 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.33 times as long as width of disc. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with six setae. Basal cell with four setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia slightly longer than half the length of the corresponding basitarsus (0.58). Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1: 0, T2: 1, T3: 1, T4: 1, T5: 2, T6: 2, T7 with five setae. Ovipositor subequal in length to midtibia and to clava. Third valvula 0.61 times as long as second valvifer.
Male. Unknown.
Species group placement. Not established.
Distribution. Australia: Queensland.
Host. Unknown.
Material examined
Queensland: Holotype: ♀, Cockatoo Crk. Xing, 17 km NW Heathlands , 25 April to 7 June 1992 ( T. McLeod), open forest, Malaise # 5 ( ANIC).
T |
Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
ANIC |
Australian National Insect Collection |
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