Leptomastidea hypogeococci, 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 : 414

Key to the New World species of Leptomastidea , both sexes 1 Flagellar segments with short setae; clava 3-segmented ( Figs. 2 , 6 , 11 , 18 ) females............................................ 2

1’.– Flagellar segments with very long setae; clava entire ( Figs. 5 , 14 , 20 ) males................................................... 4 2 (1) Clava white, contrasting strikingly with dark brown to black funicle ( Figs. 8 , 11 , 18 ).................. L. hypogeococci Triapitsyn , sp. n.

2’.– Clava light brown, more or less concolorous with funicle or at most slightly lighter ( Figs. 2 , 6 ).................................... 3 3 (2) Scape with a conspicuous transverse black band in the middle ( Fig. 6 ); fore wing as in Fig. 7........ L . debachi Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino

3’.– Scape without a transverse black band in the middle, brown along dorsal margin ( Fig. 2 ); fore wing as in Fig. 3..... L . abnormis (Girault) 4 (1) Fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 5 , p. 13 in Triapitsyn 2015)........................................... L. debachi Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino

4’.– Fore wing with at least 2 brown bands ( Figs. 5 , 16 , 21 ).................................................................... 5

5 (4) Fore wing with proximal brown band (behind submarginal vein) transverse, more or less straight ( Figs. 16 , 21 )......................

....................................................................................... L. hypogeococci Triapitsyn , sp. n.

5’.– Fore wing with proximal brown band (behind submarginal vein) oblique ( Fig. 5 )............................... L. abnormis (Girault)

Figures

Figs. 2–3. Leptomastidea abnormis female (San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina): 2, antenna; 3, fore wing.

Figs. 6–7. Leptomastidea debachi female (paratypes): 6, antenna; 7, fore wing.

Figs. 9–11. Leptomastidea hypogeococci sp. n. female (holotype): 9, slide; 10, head (frontal view); 11, antenna.

Figs. 18–21. Leptomastidea hypogeococci sp. n. (paratypes, Seacrest Scrub Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA): 18, female antenna; 19, female fore wing; 20, male antenna; 21, male fore wing.

Figs. 4–5. Leptomastidea abnormis male (holotype of L. antillicola): 4, slide; 5, habitus.

Figs. 14–17. Leptomastidea hypogeococci sp. n. male (paratype, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, USA): 14, antenna; 15, body; 16, fore and hind wings; 17, genitalia.

Fig. 8. Leptomastidea hypogeococci sp. n. female, photographed live (from colony, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA): habitus.

Figs. 12–13. Leptomastidea hypogeococci sp. n. female (holotype): 12, mesosoma and metasoma; 13, fore and hind wings.