Encarsia berlesei (Howard)

Suh, Soo-Jung, 2018, Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reared from Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Republic of Korea, Insecta Mundi 612, pp. 1-6 : 2

3. * Encarsia berlesei (Howard) ( Fig. 2 )

Diagnosis. Body generally brown to dark brown except posterior mesoscutum and posterior mesosoma yellow; forewing hyaline, slightly infuscated below marginal vein; antenna eight-segmented, F1 (flagellar segment) about twice as long as wide, slightly longer than F2, F3–F6 with longitudinal sensilla; placoid sensilla on scutellum separated by about twice their diameter; mid lobe of mesoscutum with 7-8 setae; ovipositor about as long as middle tibia and basitarsus combined; tarsi five-segmented.

Material examined. Korea. GG: 476 Dongtanjiseong-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, 3 females, ex. P. cockerelli on T. cuspidata , 11-vii-2014 ( S.J. Suh) . CN: 260 Unkyo-ri, Dupo-myeon, Asan-si, 29 females, ex. P. cockerelli on T. cuspidata , 3-vii-2016 ( S.J. Suh) . GB: 213-1 Chimsan-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu-si, 1 female, ex. P. cockerelli on L. obtusifolium , 27-vii-2014 ( S.J. Suh) . GN: Dusan-ri, Munsan-eup, Jinju-si, 3 females, ex. P. cockerelli on D. kaki , 28-iv-2015 ( B.G. Jeong) . JB: 30 Garinae-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonjusi , 1 female, ex. P. cockerelli on L. obtusifolium , 25-xii-2015 ( S.J. Suh) . JJ: 72 Sumokwon-gil, Jeju-si, 5 females, ex. P. cockerelli on T. cuspidata , 1-xi-2017 ( S.J. Suh) .

Figures

Figures 1–6. Six species of parasitoids associated with Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) in Korea. 1) Aphytis japonicus DeBach and Azim, male. 2) Encarsia berlesei (Howard), female. 3) Marietta carnesi (Howard), female. 4) Pteroptrix sp. 2, male. 5) Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius, female. 6) Chartocerus subaenus (Förster), female.