Prochiloneurus narendrani Noyes & Triapitsyn,2018

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Aguirre, María B., Logarzo, Guillermo A., Hight, Stephen D., Ciomperlik, Matthew A., Rugman-Jones, Paul F. & Verle Rodrigues, Jose C., 2018, Complex of primary and secondary parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae and Signiphoridae) of Hypogeococcus spp. mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the New World, Florida Entomologist 101 (3), pp. 411-434 : 429

Prochiloneurus narendrani Noyes & Triapitsyn,2018 ( Encyrtidae )

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Prochiloneurus narendrani Noyes & Triapitsyn 2018: 15–21 . Type locality: Rockley, Christ Church, Barbados. Holotype female [BMNH], examined ( Noyes & Triapitsyn 2018).

Material Examined. PUERTO RICO ( USA):Mona Island, 12 Feb 2017, M. B. Aguirre, G. A. Logarzo (from Hypogeococcus sp. on Portulacaceae ) [1 female, 1 male, UCRC]. Vieques Island, Heliport Monte Pirata, 17 Feb 2017, M. B. Aguirre, G. A. Logarzo (from Hypogeococcus sp. on Achyranthes aspera ) [1 female, UCRC].

Description. Male (previously unknown; from Mona Island, Puerto Rico). Body length (of the dry-mounted, critical point dried specimen, Fig. 36 ) 0.76 mm. Body mostly grayish-brown except head and scutellum a little lighter and base of gaster light brown; antenna brownish, legs mostly light brown.

Distribution. Barbados and Puerto Rico (Mayagüez ( Noyes & Triapitsyn 2018), Mona and Vieques Islands [new records]).

Host. Hyperparasitoid of the Harrisia cactus mealybug, Hypogeococcus sp. , in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, via Leptomastidea hypogeococci [as Leptomastidea sp. ] ( Noyes & Triapitsyn 2018).

TAXONOMIC NOTES ON OTHER NEOTROPICAL SPECIES OF ANAGYRUS

Figures

Figs. 34–36. Prochiloneurus spp. males (34–35, P. argentinensis, Loreto, Misiones, Argentina [photographs courtesy of D. A. Aquino]; 36, P. narendrani, Mona Island, Puerto Rico): 34, habitus; 35, antennae; 36, habitus.