Encarsia longispina, Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007

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 : 2185-2186

49. Encarsia longispina n. sp.

( Figures 156–158 )

Description (holotype)

Female. Colour: head and body yellow except pronotum, axillae, and mesopleuron brown. Antenna yellow. Fore wing hyaline. Legs yellow.

Morphology: stemmaticum with reticulate surface sculpture. Antennal formula 1,1,3,3. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.38). F1 1.33 times as long as its maximum width, shorter than F2 (0.80) and F3 (0.70). F2 slightly shorter than F3 (0.87). Flagellomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 1, F3: 2, F4: 3, F5: 3, F6: 3. Midlobe of mesoscutum with 10 setae, arranged symmetrically. Scutellar sensilla widely separated (approximately five times the maximum width of a sensillum). Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae subequal to distance between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.4 times as long as width of disc. Marginal fringe 0.31 times as long as width of disc. Basal cell with four setae. Submarginal vein with two setae, marginal vein anteriorly with seven setae. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia longer than length of corresponding basitarsus (1.25). Tergites laterally with the following numbers of setae: T1: 0, T2: 1, T3: 1, T4: 1, T5: 2, T6: 3, T7 with four setae. Ovipositor longer than midtibia (1.21) and 2.76 times as long as clava. Third valvula 0.50 times as long as second valvifer, appearing truncate at apex.

Male. Unknown.

Species group placement. Not established.

Distribution. Australia: Queensland.

Host. Unknown.

Material examined

Queensland: Holotype: ♀, Cockatoo Creek Xing, 17 km NW Heathlands (11 ° 399S,

Figures

Figures 156–158. Encarsia longispina n. sp., holotype female. (156) Mesosoma and gaster. (157) Antenna. (158) Fore wing.