Oobius dahlsteni (Trjapitzin, 1971)

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Petrice, Toby R., Gates, Michael W. & Bauer, Leah S., 2015, Two new species of Oobius Trjapitzin (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) egg parasitoids of Agrilus spp. (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the USA, including a key and taxonomic notes on other congeneric Nearctic taxa, ZooKeys 498, pp. 29-50 : 33-34

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Encyrtidae

Oobius dahlsteni (Trjapitzin, 1971) Figures 7-8

Avetianella dahlsteni Trjapitzin 1971: 890-892. Type locality: McCloud [Flat], Siskiyou Co., California, USA.

Avetianella dahlsteni : Gordh and Trjapitzin 1981: 9 (key); Trjapitzin and Gordh 1984: 1275; Trjapitzin 2001: 735 (key), 736 (list).

Oobius dahlsteni (Trjapitzin): Noyes 2010: 662.

Type material examined.

Holotype female [EMEC] on slide labeled: [left label] " Avetianella dahlsteni Trjapitzin ♀, Trjapitzin 1970, CFL III-69, Ch. phenol gum damar, Div. Biol. Conn. Univ. Calif [ “holotype” handwritten at top, middle, and bottom of label in red ink]", [right label] "McCloud Flat, Siskiyou Co. Calif., July, 1968, Agrilus brevicornis rearing carton, A900, MF2-5 SR., D. L. Dahlsten".

Distribution.

USA (California) ( Trjapitzin 1971).

Hosts.

Unknown.

Comments.

The holotype (Fig. 7) is complete and whole mounted; its antenna (Fig. 8) is also illustrated to facilitate recognition of this species.