Eretmocerus desantisi Rose

Delvare, Gérard, Genson, Gwenaelle, Borowiec, Nicolas, Étienne, Jean, Karimé, Anli- Liochouroutu Abdoul & Beaudoin-Ollivier, Laurence, 2008, Description of Eretmocerus cocois sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), a parasitoid of Aleurotrachelus atratus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on the coconut palm, Zootaxa 1723, pp. 47-62 : 56-57

Eretmocerus desantisi Rose

Eretmocerus desantisi Rose, 2000: 10 , 18–20, figs 15–16. Type locality. PARAGUAY: Asunción. Host: Aleurothrixus floccosus .

Material examined (in CIRAD). 4 ΨΨ (slide-mounted) GUADELOUPE: Petit-Canal, Parc Paysager, 03.vi.2006 and 20.x.2006, ex Aleurotrachelus atratus on Cocos nucifera (J. Etienne) [Ref. Etienne GP 2411 and GP 2449, CIRAD 19216 and 19307]. MARTINIQUE: Corps-de-Garde, 5 ΨΨ (3 ΨΨ slide-mounted), 14.i.2006, same host and associate plant (A. Triboire) [Ref. CIRAD 19033] (in CIRAD). LA RÉUNION: Grande Anse, 1 Ψ (slide-mounted), same host and associate plant, 14.i.2004 (G. Delvare) [Ref. CIRAD 18136].

Diagnosis. Body entirely pale yellow, without transverse stripe on metanotum. Head with similar habitus and proportions as for E. cocois . Frons with oblique grooves. Scape 3.9–4.6 times as long as wide. Clava 4.5– 5.1 times as long as wide, its dorsal margin fairly convex. Mid lobe of mesoscutum with 2 pairs of setae. Submarginal vein bearing 2 dorsal setae basad parastigma. Costal cell with 3–4 apical dorsal hairs. Fore wing disc with 7–11 hairs basad linea calva. Apical spur of mid tibia about two thirds as long as relevant basitarsus. Gastral tergites 1–5 with paired setae as follows: 1,1,1(2),2,2. Only 4–6 sternal setae behind apex of phragma.

The species was identified with the key provided by Rose (2000). The identity of the specimens examined is somewhat doubtful as their relative measurements slightly differ from that calculated from figures supplied by the author. Nevertheless the same measurements fit perfectly those of the description.