Aphytis japonicus DeBach and Azim

Suh, Soo-Jung & Evans, Gregory A., 2016, A new record of the armored scale genus Carulaspis MacGillivray (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) from Korea and its aphelinid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), Insecta Mundi 2016 (466), pp. 1-6 : 3

1. Aphytis japonicus DeBach and Azim * ( Fig. 6 )

Material examined. Korea. CN: same locality as C. juniperi , 10 females and 2 males, ex. Carulaspis juniperi (Bouché) on Thuja occidentalis L. ( Cupressaceae ), 22-vii-2015 (S.J. Suh).

Diagnosis. Body entirely yellow; forewing with a linea calva; antenna 6-segmented; head without distinct black bars and margins; mesoscutum with usually 10 setae; propodeal crenulae nonoverlapping; tarsi 5-segmented.

Figures

Figures 1–9. Carulaspis juniperi (Bouché) and four species of aphelinids. 1–5, Carulaspis juniperi (Bouché); 1, habitus, 2, female, 3, anterior and posterior spiracles, 4, perivulvar pores, 5, pygidium. 6, Aphytis japonicus DeBach and Azim, female. 7, Encarsia citrina (Craw), female. 8, Encarsia explorata (Silvestri), female. 9, Encarsia sp. nr. perniciosi (Tower), female.