Euplectrus phthorimaeae Ferriere, 1941

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Euplectrus phthorimaeae Ferriere

Figures 39-41

Euplectrus phthorimaeae Ferrière, 1941:42-43. Holotype female in NHM, examined.

Diagnosis.

Female with frons below level of toruli with pale area not extending laterally to the eye but with a wide dark stripe between pale area and eye (Fig. 41 ); midline on midlobe of mesoscutum indicated by a median groove in posterior ½ (Fig. 40 ); posterior part of midlobe of mesoscutum narrow as in E. bicolor ; scutellum with isodiametric meshes in posterior part (Fig. 40 ).

Hosts.

Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) ( Gelechiidae ) ( Ferrière 1941).

Distribution.

Cyprus & Israel ( Ferrière 1941).

Genetic data.

No specimens of the species were available for genetic analysis.

Figures

Figures 36 - 41. Euplectrus spp.: 36 - 38 E. liparidis Ferriere, holotype female 36 habitus lateral 37 habitus dorsal 38 head frontal 39 - 41 E. phthorimaeae Ferriere, holotype female 39 habitus lateral 40 habitus dorsal 41 head frontal.