Anagyrus rusticus ( De Santis, 1964 )

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Logarzo, Guillermo A., Aguirre, María B. & Aquino, Daniel A., 2014, Two new species of Anagyrus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from Argentina, parasitoids of Hypogeococcus spp. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), with taxonomic notes on some congeneric taxa, Zootaxa 3861 (3), pp. 201-230 : 228-229

Anagyrus rusticus ( De Santis, 1964)

( Figs 49–51 )

Aglyptoideus rusticus De Santis 1964: 101 –102. Type locality: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Subsequent references: De Santis 1967: 153 (catalog); Loiácono et al. 2001: 149 (type information). Anathrix rustica ( De Santis): Noyes 1980 : 174.

Anagyrus rusticus ( De Santis) : Noyes 2000: 29.

Type material examined. Holotype female [ MLPA] on slide ( Fig. 49 ) labeled: 1. “EVA PERON [Ciudad Eva Perón is now La Plata] (Pcia. Buenos Aires) Col. Balcedo 10/XI/1954 Trichomastus [sic, in pencil]”; 2. “ Aglyptoideus rus-ticus Det. De Santis HOLOTIPO ♀ 1987/1 [ MLPA type number added later] MUSEO DE LA PLATA ”. The holotype ( Fig. 51 ) is in fair condition; the body is mounted dorsoventrally, with the head and antennae detached.

Paratypes [ MLPA]: 2 ♀ on slides labeled almost identically except for the MLPA type numbers (1987/2 and 1987/3): 1. “POTRILLO OBSCURO (Prov. de La Pampa) ♀ [in pencil] Col: Exp. Museo 27/I/1958 Leptomastix [in pencil]”; 2. “ Aglyptoideus rusticus Det. De Santis PARATIPO [ MLPA type number, added later in pencil] MUSEO DE LA PLATA ”.

Distribution. Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, and La Pampa ( De Santis 1964, 1967).

Hosts. Unknown.

Taxonomic notes. This species was described from the holotype and six female paratypes ( De Santis 1964). The antennal funicle ( Fig. 50 ) is black, and the fore wing disc has a small, inconspicuous infuscation that is noticeable just behind the submarginal vein ( Fig. 51 ).

Figures

FIGURES 49 – 51. Anagyrus rusticus ♀ (holotype): 49, slide; 50, antenna; 51, habitus.