Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam

Soler, José María, Falcó-Garí, José Vicente, Herrero, Berta & Aquino, Daniel Alejandro, 2021, The Anagyrus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitoids of the obscure mealybug Pseudococcus viburni (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Spain, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4980 (1), pp. 83-98 : 85-87

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:349C80B5-A5DC-4E72-8BD0-EF1913000562

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4945679

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B97AA55D-206E-832F-89A2-F882FDAFFA87

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scientific name

Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam
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Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam View in CoL

Figs. 1–5 View FIGURES 1–5 .

Anagyrus aligarhensis (Man Mohan) Agarwal & Alam, 1959: 392 View in CoL , Holotype female, India, Aligarh. Synonym of A. diversicornis Mercet. Next View in CoL available name for A. diversicornis Mercet. View in CoL

Anagyrus diversicornis Mercet, 1921: 134-135 View in CoL , Lectotype female, Spain. Preoccupied by A. diversicornis (Howard) View in CoL .

Philoponectroma opacum Mercet, 1921: 105 View in CoL , Lectotype male, Spain.

Anagyrus punctulatus (Man Mohan) Agarwal & Alam, 1959: 392 View in CoL , Holotype female, India.

For further synonyms, see Noyes (2019).

For a detailed description, see Noyes & Hayat (1994: 109 as A. diversicornis Mercet ) and Çalişkan et al. (2016: 157).

Diagnosis. Female. Body length: 1110-1420. Body color non-metallic ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–5 ), varying from orange to dark brown, except as follows: occiput behind eyes and frontovertex along eye margins orange yellow; malar space with a yellow streak from below eye margin; mouth margin below each torulus marked dark brown; collar of pronotum white, interrupted by a dark brown band in lateral fourth and sides anteriorly brownish yellow (in fresh specimens, collar of pronotum clearly black); mesoscutum and scutellum ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–5 ) with rugose-reticulate sculpture; tegula orange, apically dark brown ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–5 ); mesopleuron orange, but anteriorly, dorsally and posteriorly yellow. Antenna ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–5 ) with scape except a small basal spot and a subapical curved band, pedicel in about distal third, F2 and basal half of F3, white; radicle, rest of scape, basal 2/3 of pedicel and F1 dark brown; distal half of F3 and F4–F6 pale brown; clava pale brownish yellow. Wings hyaline ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–5 ). Postmarginal vein shorter than stigmal vein. Legs white to pale yellow, with femora and tibiae dorsally brown. Gaster ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–5 ) varying from orange-brown to dark brown. Forewing 2.6x as long as wide. Female antenna length/width proportions: scape: 2.4x, pedicel: 3.0x, F1: 2.9x, F2: 2.3x, F3: 2,0x, F4: 1.8x, F5: 1.7x, F6: 1.5x, clava: 2.9x. F1-F6 decreasing in length and increasing in width. Antenna male F6 and clava basally with scale-like sensilla.

Material examined. Spain, País Valenciano, province Castelló, town Borriol, parcel Benadressa, lat. 40°2’7.09” N & long. 0°7’51.05” W, leg.: J.Mª. Soler, vii.2015 [2 female NHM], ex Pseudococcus viburni , on ‘Clemenules’ clementine mandarin (Citrus reticulata), det.: J.Mª Soler. Spain, País Valenciano, province Castelló, town Castelló, parcel Sanatori, lat. 40°0’36.12” N & long. 0°4’36.11” W, leg.: J.Mª. Soler, vii.2016 [2 female NHM], ex Pseudococcus viburni , on Navel Lane Late orange (Citrus sinensis), det.: J.Mª Soler. Spain, País Valenciano, province Valencia, town Godelleta, lat. 39°25’50.91” N & long. 0°42’41.82” W, leg.: B. Herrero and J.Mª. Soler, 19.viii.2016, ex Pseudococcus viburni collected 5.viii.2016 [1 female ENV] on persimmon ( Diospyros kaki ), det.: J.Mª Soler. Spain, País Valenciano, province Valencia, town Picassent, lat. 39°22’33.35” N & long. 0°33’33.10” W, leg.: J.Mª. Soler, vii-viii.2017 [3 female NHM], ex Pseudococcus viburni , on Navel Lane Late orange (Citrus sinensis), det.: J. Mª Soler.

Host. This is the first known record of A. aligarhensis parasitizing the obscure mealybug Pseudococcus viburni . The relationship has been found on Citrus reticulata Blanco, Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck and Diospyros kaki L.f.

Comments. It seems to be a widely distributed species in the Old World and introduced in USA ( Noyes & Hayat 1994; Çalişkan et al. 2016). This species has been long treated in Spain as Anagyrus diversicornis Mercet , with A. aligarhensis as synonym established by Noyes and Hayat (1994); but being a preoccupied name by A. diversicornis (Howard) , the next available name is A. aligarhensis ( Noyes 2000) . The specimens were identified by comparison with literature descriptions.

NHM

University of Nottingham

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Encyrtidae

Genus

Anagyrus

Loc

Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam

Soler, José María, Falcó-Garí, José Vicente, Herrero, Berta & Aquino, Daniel Alejandro 2021
2021
Loc

Anagyrus aligarhensis (Man Mohan)

Agarwal, M. M. & Alam, S. M. 1959: 392
1959
Loc

Anagyrus punctulatus (Man Mohan)

Agarwal, M. M. & Alam, S. M. 1959: 392
1959
Loc

Anagyrus diversicornis Mercet, 1921: 134-135

Garcia Mercet, R. 1921: 135
1921
Loc

Philoponectroma opacum

Garcia Mercet, R. 1921: 105
1921
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