Pteroptrix, Westwood, 1833

Suh, Soo-Jung, 2018, Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reared from Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Republic of Korea, Insecta Mundi 612, pp. 1-6 : 3

5. * Pteroptrix sp. 2 ( Fig. 4 )

Diagnosis. Male: Body 0.5 mm long, usually dark brown except posterior scutellum; antenna eightsegmented; scape with a sensory structure on basal third of the segment; F1, F3–F6 with a few longitudinal sensilla; F2 shortest; tarsi four-segmented.

Material examined. Korea. GG: 476 Dongtanjiseong-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, 1 male, ex. P. cockerelli on T. cuspidata , 11-vii-2014 (S.J. Suh) .

Remarks. A single species of Pteroptrix was recorded to be associated with P. cockerelli in Korea, but was not determined. The males of Pteroptrix are likely to be hyperparasitoids; the females are primary parasitoids.

Figures

Figures 1–6. Six species of parasitoids associated with Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) in Korea. 1) Aphytis japonicus DeBach and Azim, male. 2) Encarsia berlesei (Howard), female. 3) Marietta carnesi (Howard), female. 4) Pteroptrix sp. 2, male. 5) Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius, female. 6) Chartocerus subaenus (Förster), female.