Prionomitus tiliaris (Dalman, 1820)

Jerinić-Prodanović, Dušanka, Mihajlović, Ljubodrag & Stojanović, Aleksandar, 2019, Parasitoids of jumping plant-lice (Psylloidea, Hemiptera) from the family Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in Serbia, Zootaxa 4577 (1), pp. 29-50 : 37

Prionomitus tiliaris (Dalman, 1820)

( Figs. 25–27 )

Material examined. Cacopsylla melanoneura , from Crataegus monogyna, Brestovik , 10.v.2008. 3♀♀ 1♂, Ilinci, 14.v.2005. ex pupa 30.5.2005. 2♂♂ 2♀♀; Laćarak, 01.v.2009. ex pupa 5♀♀ 1♂. Cacopsylla melanoneura , from Crataegus oxyacantha cv. rubra plena, Nova Galenika, 06.v.2010. 1♀. Cacopsylla melanoneura , from Malus domestica , Loznica, 29.iv.2007. ex pupa 16.v.2007 1♀ 1♂. Cacopsylla peregrina , from Crataegus monogyna, Ilinci , 08.v.2005. ex pupa 21.v.2005. 3♀♀ 1♂; Ilinci, 15.v.2005. ex pupa 30.v.2005 2♀♀ 2♂♂; 21.iv.2007. ex pupa 07.v.2007. 7♀♀; ex pupa 09.v.2007. 2♀♀; 27.iv.2008. ex pupa 14.v.2008. 8♀♀ 3♂♂, Lipovača, 29.iv.2006. ex pupa 05.v.2006. 10♀♀ 8♂♂. Cacopsylla pruni , from Prunus domestica, Ilinci , 24.v.2008. ex pupa 06.vi.2008. 1♀ 1♂. Cacopsylla pyrisuga , from Pyrus communis, Nemenikuće , 15.vi.2006. ex pupa 19.vi.2006. 3♀♀.

Trophic status. Parasitoids of jumping plant-lice (Noyes 2017).

Hosts. Cacopsylla melanoneura , C. peregrina , C. pyri , C. mali , C. ulmi (Foerster) (Noyes 2017) .

Distribution. Holarctic.

Diagnosis. Scape dark with metallic reflections. Male scape and pedicel metallic green, funicle and clava yellowish brown. Procoxae and profemur dark with metallic reflections. Metasoma of bronze blue green color with metallic reflections. The specimens match the description by Nikolskaya (1952), Erdös (1964), Trjapitzin (1989).

Comments. New record for Serbia. Prionomitus tiliaris was reared from four species of Cacopsylla ( C. melanoneura , C. peregrina , C. pruni and C. pyrisuga ). P. tiliaris has been previously recorded as a parasitoid of the following jumping plant-lice, C. melanoneura , C. peregrina , C. pyri , C. mali and C. ulmi ( Novak 1994, Noyes 2017). Ferrière (1961) noted the strong affinity of Prionomitus tiliaris to immatures of C. peregrina , while Herard (1986) reported P. tiliaris on other hawthorn psyllids as well. In Italy, it was found to be an efficient parasitoid of C. pyri ( Herard 1986) . In the present study, P. tiliaris is recorded in association with Cacopsylla pruni and C. pyrisuga for the first time ( Table 2).

Figures

FIGURES 18–27. 18, ♀ Microterys annulatus (original), habitus; 19, Head and antenna, ♀ Microterys annulatus (original); 20, Antenna, ♀ M. annulatus (original); 21, Forewing, M. annulatus (original); 22, Dorsal aspect, Prionomitus mitratus (original); 23, Antenna, ♀ P. mitratus (original); 24, Forewing, P. mitratus (original); 25, Prionomitus tiliaris (original), habitus; 26, Dorsal view, P. tiliaris (original); 27, Antenna, ♀ P. tiliaris (original).