Encarsia longisetosa, Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007

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 : 2183-2185

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701550766
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D3887DF-FFDF-8F01-EAAD-FA51FD9FFE5A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Encarsia longisetosa
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

48. Encarsia longisetosa n. sp.

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Description (holotype)

Female. Colour: head yellow except postgena largely brown. Mesosoma yellow except pronotum, mesoscutal midlobe anteriorly, and propodeum brown. Gaster brown, T7 pale at apex. Antenna yellow, apical segment brown. Fore wing with dark band behind marginal vein. Legs yellow.

Morphology: stemmaticum with rugosely reticulate surface sculpture. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.33). F1 1.33 times as long as its maximum width, subequal to half the length of F2 (0.47) and F3 (0.52). F2 slightly longer than F3 (1.06). Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 2, F3: 2, F4: 3, F5: 3, F6: 3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with nine setae (usually probably eight or 10), setae very long, posterior setae longer than their distance to each other, side lobes with two setae each. Scutellar sensilla rather close together (approximately 1.5 times the maximum width of a sensillum). Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae smaller than distance between posterior pair. Fore wing about 2.4 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.32 times as long as width of disc. Basal cell with three setae. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with seven setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia subequal in length to corresponding basitarsus. Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1: 0, T2: 1, T3: 1, T4: 1, T5: 2, T6: 2, T7 with seven setae. Ovipositor subequal in length to midtibia and 1.46 times as long as clava. Third valvula about 0.6 times as long as second valvifer.

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. Not established.

Distribution. Australia: Queensland.

Host. Unknown.

Material examined

Queensland: Holotype: ♀, Heathlands (11 ° 459S, 142 ° 359E), 1–21 March 1992 (P. Feehney) Malaise # 2 dump ( ANIC).