Ablerus connectens Silvestri, 1927

Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian & Polaszek, Andrew, 2016, The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species, Florida Entomologist 99 (3), pp. 395-405 : 398

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1653/024.099.0310
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11549704
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CF5C3E-3711-FFC1-FCD2-3081FE34F9E3
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ablerus connectens Silvestri, 1927
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4. Ablerus connectens Silvestri, 1927 View in CoL

Ablerus connectens Silvestri, 1927: 53 View in CoL .

Holotype ♀. Sri Lanka: Colombo ( DEZP).

MATERIAL

No specimens examined, and recorded from China by Viggiani & Ren (1993).

HOSTS

The following hosts have been recorded: Aleyrodidae : Aleurocanthus woglumi (Ashby) , ( Silvestri 1927); Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) , ( Viggiani & Ren 1993).

DISTRIBUTION

China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Sri Lanka.

REMARKS

Ablerus connectens was originally described by Silvestri (1927) from Sri Lanka,based on the female only, and was recorded from China by Viggiani & Ren (1993), reared from Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) in Guangdong and Guangxi. Viggiani & Ren (1993) also first recorded the male of A. connectens and pointed out it is very similar to the female according to the collected specimens, and depicted the male antenna and genitalia.