Achrysocharoides acerianus (Askew)

Hansson, Christer & Shevtsova, Ekaterina, 2010, Three new species of Achrysocharoides Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitoids of Phyllonorycter spp. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Acer platanoides and Robinia pseudoacacia, Zootaxa 2388, pp. 23-43 : 29

Achrysocharoides acerianus (Askew)

( Figs 13–24 , 50 , 61–62 )

Enaysma aceriana Askew in Askew & Ruse, 1974:264. Holotype female in BMNH, examined. Achrysocharoides acerianus (Askew) ; Bouċek & Graham (1978:232).

Hosts. Phyllonorycter geniculella (Ragonot) ( Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae ) on Acer pseudoplatanus . Material examined. SWEDEN: Skåne, 155 females and 54 males from Phyllonorycter geniculella on Acer pseudoplatanus ( CH).

Remarks. The species cited as Achrysocharoides sp. from Acer pseudoplatanus in Lopez-Vaamonde et al. (2005) is A. acerianus , and the gene sequences accounted for in that paper, and deposited in GeneBank, are for A. acerianus .

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 18. Achrysocharoides acerianus (Askew). 13. Head frontal, female. 14. Head frontal, male. 15. Vertex, female. 16. Vertex, male. 17. Thoracic dorsum, female. 18. Thoracic dorsum, male.

FIGURES 19 – 24. Achrysocharoides acerianus (Askew). 19. Head frontal, female. 20. Head frontal, male. 21. Thoracic dorsum, female. 22. Thoracic dorsum, male. 23. Mesosoma lateral, female. 24. Mesosoma lateral, male. Abbreviation: hc = hind coxa.

FIGURES 49 – 54. 49 – 50. Head and antenna lateral, female. 49. Achrysocharoides platanoidae sp. nov. 50. A. acerianus (Askew). 51 – 54. Head frontal, male. 51. A. robiniae sp. nov., holotype. 52. A. robiniae, paratype from U. S. A., New Hampshire. 53. A. gahani (Miller), paratype from Canada, Ottawa, on Tilia americana. 54. A. gahani, non-type specimen from Canada, Ottawa, on Tilia americana. Abbreviation: ped = pedicel.

FIGURES 61 – 68. Head and antenna lateral. 61. Achrysocharoides acerianus (Askew), female. 62. A. acerianus, male. 63. A. platanoidae sp. nov., female. 64. A. platanoidae, male. 65. A. robiniae sp. nov., female. 66. A. robiniae, male. 67. A. robinicolus sp. nov., female. 68. A. robinicolus, male.