Encarsia ashmeadi (Girault)

Schmidt, Stefan & Polaszek, Andrew, 2007, The Australian species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Journal of Natural History 41 (33 - 36), pp. 2099-2265 : 2129

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701550766

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D3887DF-FFA9-8F79-EAB7-FF64FD93FC53

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scientific name

Encarsia ashmeadi (Girault)
status

 

11. Encarsia ashmeadi (Girault) View in CoL

( Figures 38–40 View Figures 38–40 )

Coccophagus ashmeadi Girault 1915 [238], p 50, 56. Holotype ♀, Australia, New South Wales, Chindera ( Tweed River ) (QMBA, type no. Hy. 2930, examined).

Prospaltella ashmeadi (Girault) View in CoL : Compere 1931, p 11. Change of combination.

Coccophagus ashmeadi Girault View in CoL : Dahms 1983, p 59.

Encarsia ashmeadi (Girault) View in CoL : Viggiani 1985c, p 235. Change of combination.

Redescription (holotype)

Female. Colour: head appearing brown. Body yellow. Antenna yellow and legs yellow.

Morphology: antennal formula 1,1,3,3. Pedicel subequal in length to F1. F1 subequal in length to F2 and F3, respectively. Midlobe of mesoscutum with four setae. Scutellar sensilla widely separated. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae slightly greater than between posterior pair. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Ovipositor shorter than midtibia (0.89) and about 1.3 times as long as clava. Third valvula about 0.40 times as long as second valvifer.

Comments

The type specimen is in very poor condition and apparently has been remounted. Viggiani (1985c, p 235) provides a description of the holotype. However, all wings of the type specimen are missing and hence we cannot confirm the wing characters given by Viggiani. Moreover, the specimen differs considerably from the original description in that the whole body is completely yellow, whereas Girault describes it as similar to E. nigriventris , which has a dark brown gaster. Hence our investigation of the type remains inconclusive and we regard E. ashmeadi as a nomen dubium.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Aphelinidae

Genus

Encarsia

Loc

Encarsia ashmeadi (Girault)

Schmidt, Stefan & Polaszek, Andrew 2007
2007
Loc

Encarsia ashmeadi (Girault)

Viggiani G 1985: 235
1985
Loc

Coccophagus ashmeadi

Dahms EC 1983: 59
1983
Loc

Prospaltella ashmeadi (Girault)

Compere H 1931: 11
1931
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