Encarsia grotei (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 : 2168-2169

37. Encarsia grotei (Girault)

( Figures 122–124 )

Coccophagus grotei Girault 1931 [435], p 1. Holotype ♀, Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Indooroopilly (QMBA, type no. T. 4193, examined).

Coccophagus grotei Girault : Dahms 1984, p 663.

Encarsia grotei Girault : Viggiani 1985c, p 240 –241. Change of combination.

Redescription (holotype)

Female. Colour: head and mesosoma yellow except following parts dark brown: upper parts of head, pronotum, axilla, mesopleuron. Metasoma predominantly dark brown. Fore wing hyaline. Legs pale.

Morphology: maxillary palp two-segmented. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3, F6 appearing conical. Pedicel slightly longer than F1 (1.21). F1 1.56 times as long as its maximum width, subequal in length to F2 and slightly shorter than F3 (0.82). Scutellar sensilla distantly placed. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae subequal to distance between posterior pair. Fore wing about 2.5 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.34 times as long as width of disc. Basal cell with two setae. Marginal vein anteriorly with six setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia subequal in length to basitarsus. Ovipositor distinctly longer than midtibia (1.55) and 2.41 times as long as clava. Third valvula about 0.3 times as long as second valvifer.

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. E. inquirenda group sensu Hayat (1989a).

Distribution. Australia: Queensland.

Host. Unknown.

Figures

Figures 122–124. Encarsia grotei (Girault), holotype female. (122) Body. (123) Head and antennae. (124) Fore wing.