Homalotylus scymnivorus Tachikawa, 1963

Japoshvili, George, Higashiura, Yoshimitsu & Kamitani, Satoshi, 2016, A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 345-401 : 374

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scientific name	Homalotylus scymnivorus Tachikawa, 1963
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Homalotylus scymnivorus Tachikawa, 1963: 206 View in CoL .

Type material examined. PARATYPES: 1 ♀, Matsuyama, 27.vi.1959, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1♀, Matsuyama, ex Scymnus phosphorus , 20.vi.1966, T. Tachikawa lgt. ( ELKU) .

Distribution. Japan: Shikoku ( TACHIKAWA 1963a). India, Mongolia ( NOYES 2016).

Comments. In the paratypes the exserted part of the ovipositor is slightly shorter than the gaster, the tegula has the basal 2/3 white and apical 1/3 brown and the funicle has F 5 –F 6 and clava white. We were unable to locate the holotype.

References

NOYES J. S. 2016: Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http: // www. nhm. ac. uk / chalcidoids (Accessed: 30 May 2016).

TACHIKAWA T. 1963 a: Revisional studies of the Encyrtidae of Japan (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Memoirs of Ehime University 9: 1 - 264.