Coccophagus anchoroides ( Huang, 1994 )

Wang, Zhu Hong, Xu, Li Yue, Si, Yu, Huang, Jian, Schmidt, Stefan, Polaszek, Andrew & Geng, Hui, 2021, The species of the varius group of Coccophagus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China, with description of a new species, DNA sequence data, and a new country record, Journal of Natural History 54 (29 - 30), pp. 1879-1896 : 1883

Coccophagus anchoroides ( Huang, 1994)

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Prococcophagus anchoroides Huang, 1994: 259–261 . Holotype ♀, CHINA: Fujian, Nanjing, Letu, Tropical Rain Forest , 14 .viii .1988 (coll. Chang Fu Lin and Jian Huang), by sweeping, (FAFU). Paratype 1♀, same data as holotype, ( FAFU) .

Coccophagus anchoroides (Huang) : Earliest use of name for Prococcophagus anchoroides Huang by Xu and Huang 2004: 362–363.

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

China (Fujian).

Comments

This species is similar to C. pellucidus (Huang) in having antenna with F2, F3 and C3 white, but can be easily separated from the latter by the following characters: pedicel longer than F1, three funicular segments with dimensions differing from those of C. pellucidus ; mid lobe of mesoscutum with a large anchor-shaped dark brown marking; mesoscutellum largely dark brown; the tergites of the gaster with different dark brown markings; fore wing with pale area bearing fine pale setae apically and below marginal vein near 1/3 width of disk, setae on the anterior margin of the marginal vein not white.

This species also resembles C. yunnana Wang, Huang & Polaszek sp. nov. in having the mid lobe of mesoscutum with a large anchor-shaped dark brown marking and fore wing with a pale area bearing fine pale setae, and infuscated area with short black brown setae on an infuscate background. It can be distinguished from C. yunnana Wang, Huang & Polaszek sp. nov. by the latter having the clava entirely brown-black, in addition to other characters discussed below in the description of C. yunnana .

Figures

Figure 1. Coccophagus anchoroides (Huang), female. (a) antenna; (b) fore wing; (c) mesosoma and metasoma; (d) ovipositor, mid-tibia and tarsus. Scale bars = μm (from Huang 1994).