Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius, 1888

Suh, Soo-Jung, 2021, Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the white peach scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Prunus salicina Lindl. (Rosales: Rosaceae) in South Korea, Insecta Mundi 2021 (885), pp. 1-5 : 4

5. Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius

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Description. Body dark brown; antennae, ocelli, tegula, and legs yellowish brown; forewing hyaline with marginal fringe short, marginal, postmarginal, and stigma veins absent; clypeal margin of mouth strongly emarginated at base of each mandible; antenna five-segmented, three funicle segments narrow and aneliform, clava large and unsegmented; mesonotum and axillae reticulate, scutellum protruding posteriorly with fine sculpture; gaster slightly shorter than thorax, ovipositor about two-thirds length of middle tibia; tarsi four-segmented.

Material examined. Korea. GB: 167-4, Seokjeong-ri, Yechoen-eup, Yechoen-gun, 3 females, ex. P. pentagona on P. salicina , 22-iv-2020 (S.J. Suh).

Figures

Figures 1–6. Five species of parasitoids associated with Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) on Japanese plum trees in South Korea. 1) Parasitoid emergence holes in scale covers of P. pentagona (white peach scale). 2) Aphytis proclia (Walker), female. 3) Encarsia berlesei (Howard), female. 4) Marietta carnesi (Howard), female. 5) Pteroptrix orientalis (Silvestri), female. 6) Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius, female.