Encarsia pauroseta Geng & Li, 2022

Geng, Hui, Li, Cheng-De, Polaszek, Andrew & Liu, Si-Zhu, 2022, Two new species and a new record of the Encarsia longifasciata - group (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) from Malaysia and China, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 91069-91069 : 91069

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e91069

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scientific name

Encarsia pauroseta Geng & Li
status

sp. n.

Encarsia pauroseta Geng & Li sp. n.

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Location: country: China; countryCode: CN; stateProvince: Yunnan; county: Menghai; locality: Shuijingliangzi ; Identification : identificationID: E172; identifiedBy: Geng Hui ; Li Cheng-De; Event : year: 2014; month: February ; day: 17-19; Record Level : institutionCode: NEFU

Description

Female (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ). Holotype. Length, mesosoma plus metasoma, 0.44 mm. Head (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A) dark brown with pale lines; clypeus and malar space dark brown. Mesosoma and metasoma yellow with pronotum, mid-lobe of mesoscutum (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 C) and axilla dark brown. Antennae (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 B) pale yellow with radicle and scape dark brown. Wings (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 D) hyaline. Legs (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 E) pale yellow. Apex of third valvula of ovipositor dark orange.

Head (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A) as wide as mesosoma. Maxillary and labial palps 1-segmented. Stemmaticum with irregular reticulate sculpture. Antennal formula 1,1,4,2 (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 B); F1 1.33 × as long as wide, 0.62 × as long as pedicel, 0.67 × as long as F2. F2 1.71 × as long as wide. F1-F6 gradually longer. Flagellum with the following numbers of longitudinal sensilla: F1:0, F2:0, F3:3, F4:3, F5:3, F6:3.

Mid-lobe of mesoscutum (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 C) with two setae posteriorly, each side lobe with two setae. Axilla with one seta anteriorly. Mid-lobe of mesoscutum and scutellum with imbricate sculpture. Distance between placoid sensilla on scutellum 7 × the maximum width of a sensillum. Distance between anterior pair of scutellar setae 0.9 × as long as the distance between posterior pair. Fore wing (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 D) 3.6 × as long as wide, sparsely setose, with a clear asetose area around stigmal vein and a wide asetose stripe along margin of disc; marginal fringe as long as width of disc; basal cell with one seta, submarginal vein with two short setae, marginal vein with four long setae along anterior margin. Hind wing 9.55 × as long as wide, marginal fringe 2.25 × as long as width of disc. Tarsal formula 5-5-5 (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 E). Mid-tibial spur 0.52 × as long as correspond-ing basitarsus. Hind tibia 1.03 × as long as mid-tibia.

Ovipositor (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 F) 1.23 × as long as mid-tibia, 0.89 × as long as mid-tibia and basitarsus combined. Third valvula 0.72 × as long as second valvifer, 0.42 × as long as ovipositor.

Diagnosis

Body largely yellow, except head, pronotum, mid-lobe of mesoscutum and axilla dark brown; mid-lobe of mesoscutum and scutellum with imbricate sculpture. Fore wing (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 D) 3.6 × as long as wide, sparsely setose, with a clear asetose area around stigmal vein and a wide asetose stripe along margin of disc, marginal fringe as long as width of disc. Ovipositor 1.23 × as long as mid-tibia; third valvula terminating in an abrupt angle.

Etymology

Ancient Greek παῦρος ( paûros) small, little, referring to the sparse setation of the fore wing disc.

Taxon discussion

This species has unusual fore wings, the disc of which is very sparsely setose, with the maximum width as long as the maximum marginal fringe length. The remaining E. longifasciata -group species have the maximum marginal fringe length at most 0.7 × as long as maximum disc width. This species appears to be similar to E. dewa Pedata & Polaszek having the mid-lobe with two setae, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following: marginal fringe of fore wing as long as width (vs. 0.65-0.7 ×), scutellum, tegula and metasoma totally pale yellow (vs. inverted triangular patch on scutellum, tegula and sides of metasoma brown), F2 0.67 × as long as F3 and without longitudinal sensilla (vs. F2 subequal to slightly shorter than F3, with one longitudinal sensillum),fore wing with a clear asetose area towards the apex (vs. fore wing with less asetose wing disc towards the apex).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Aphelinidae

Genus

Encarsia