Anagyrus brevistigma 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 : 209-210

Anagyrus brevistigma De Santis, 1964

( Figs 13, 14 )

Type material examined. Holotype female [ MLPA] on slide ( Fig. 13 ) labeled: 1. “Balcarce (Prov. de Bs As.) Col: Exp. Museo 10/II/1961 N o2677/1 [in pencil, MLPA type number added later]”; 2. “ Anagyrus brevis-tigma Det. De Santis ♀ [in pencil] HOLOTIPO ZA-169 MUSEO DE LA PLATA ”. The holotype is in fair condition, with the head plus one antenna detached from the body and the other antenna ( Fig. 14 ) detached from the head.

Distribution. Argentina: Buenos Aires ( De Santis 1964, 1967), and Brazil ( De Santis 1980; Noyes & Hayat 1994).

Host. Antonina graminis (Maskell) ( Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae ) ( De Santis 1980; Noyes & Hayat 1994).

Taxonomic notes. This species was described from a single female ( De Santis 1964). The scape of the antenna ( Fig. 14 ) is strongly broadened, dark brown except white subapically; the pedicel is dark basally and white apically; F1 is dark, and F2–F6 and the clava are pale brownish.

Figures

FIGURES 13, 14. Anagyrus brevistigma ♀ (holotype): 13, slide; 14, antenna.