Allotropa delottococci Buhl, 2019

van Noort, Simon, Lahey, Zachary, Talamas, Elijah J., Austin, Andrew D., Masner, Lubomir, Polaszek, Andrew & Johnson, Norman F., 2021, Review of Afrotropical sceliotracheline parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 87, pp. 115-222 : 115

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.87.73770
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scientific name	Allotropa delottococci Buhl
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Allotropa delottococci Buhl

Allotropa delottococci Buhl, 2019: 60 (original description, species key, illustrated).

Material examined.

Holotype: South Africa • ♀; Limpopo province, Letsitele ; 7358977'S, 239175'E UTM coordinates; grid 36K; 14.vi.2017; Marco Benito; from Delottococcus aberiae (De Lotto) in crop of orange Citrus sinensis (L). Osbeck (ZMUC).

Paratypes: South Africa • 3♀♀, 2♂♂ same data as holotype (ZMUC) .

Biology.

Parasitoid of the mealybug Delottococcus aberiae (De Lotto, 1961) ( Hemiptera , Pseudococcidae ) ( Buhl 2019).

Distribution.

South Africa. Introduced into Spain as a biocontrol agent of Delottococcus aberiae ( Buhl 2019).