Astymachus exilis Prinsloo, 1989

Noyes, John S. & Higashiura, Yoshimitsu, 2020, The species of Astymachus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) ı potentially important parasitoids of Aclerdidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with grasses (Poaceae) ı with descriptions of three new species, Journal of Natural History 54 (9), pp. 665-679 : 669

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2020.1747654
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4330538
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scientific name	Astymachus exilis Prinsloo
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2. Astymachus exilis Prinsloo View in CoL

Astymachus exilis Prinsloo, 1989: 130 – 132 View in CoL . Holotype ♀, South Africa, PPRI, not examined.

Diagnosis. Female. Length, excluding ovipositor, 1.3 mm. Head generally pale yellow, gena suffused brown, antenna brown, legs pale yellow, remainder of body brown but dorsum of thorax with a pale yellow median stripe; fore wing generally hyaline with a small infuscate spot below marginal vein; palp formula 4 – 2; antenna with F1 – F5 transverse, F6 largest, only F6 with linear sensilla; clava 2-segmented; scutellum with about 10 setae; wings not shortened, reaching well past cercal plates, fore wing about 3.3× as long as broad; marginal vein not appearing to reach anterior wing margin and shorter than stigmal vein; ovipositor about 2.3× mid tibia and 2× gonostylus. Male. Unknown.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa (Limpopo Province).

Material examined. None.

Comments. Females of this species can be recognised because of the largely brown body.