Encarsia adela, 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 : 2115-2116

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701550766
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D3887DF-FF9B-8F4A-EA81-FE59FE47FC60
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-08-21 00:09:51, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-04 05:21:03)
scientific name	Encarsia adela
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

2. Encarsia adela n. sp.

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Description

Female. Colour: head yellow, stemmaticum with three small brown marks adjacent to ocelli. Body entirely yellow except the following parts brown: pronotum, anterior margin of mesoscutal midlobe, a faint longitudinal stripe on midlobe, mesoscutal side lobes anteriorly, and axillae anteriorly. Gaster yellow. Antenna yellow, apex slightly darker. Fore wing hyaline. Legs yellow.

Morphology [measurements of holotype in square brackets]: stemmaticum with rugosereticulate surface sculpture. Maxillary palp two-segmented. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3. Pedicel slightly shorter than or subequal to F1 (0.81–0.96) [0.81]. F1 2.46–2.64 [2.46] times as long as its maximum width, slightly shorter than F2 (0.85–0.94) [0.94] and F3 (0.81–0.94) [0.94]. F2 subequal in length to F3. Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 0, F3: 1–2, F4: 2–3, F5: 2–3, F6: 3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with 10 setae, side lobes with three setae each. Scutellar sensilla close together, separated by a distance of about the width of a sensillum or less. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae distinctly smaller than between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.5–2.7 [2.5] times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.18–0.20 [0.20] times as long as width of disc. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with seven or eight setae. Basal cell with 10–11 setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia longer than half the length of the corresponding basitarsus (0.78–0.81) [0.78]. Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1 : 0, T2 : 1, T3 : 1, T4 : 1, T5 : 2, T6 : 3, T7 with four setae. Ovipositor longer than midtibia (1.36–1.48) [1.36] and 2.03–2.21 [2.03] times as long as clava. Third valvula 0.32 times as long as second valvifer .

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. E. strenua group.

Distribution. Australia: New South Wales, Tasmania.

Host. Unknown.

Material examined

Tasmania: Holotype: ♀, Claytons, Bathurst Harbour (43 ° 229S, 146 ° 089E), 15 January 1991 (Nielsen, Edwards), Malaise trap ( ANIC) . New South Wales: Paratype: 1♀, 3 km N Lansdowne nr Taree, 20–27 December 1990 (G. Williams), Malaise [trap], rainf[orest]/ wet sclerophyll ( ANIC) .