Copidosomopsis Girault

Yu, Fang, Zhang, Yan-Zhou, Zhu, Chao-Dong & Tu, Li-Hong, 2010, A taxonomic study of Chinese species of Copidosomopsis Girault (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), Zootaxa 2490, pp. 55-62 : 56

Copidosomopsis Girault

Copidosomopsis Girault, 1915: 94 . Type species: Copidosomopsis perminutus Girault , by monotypy. Pseudolitomastix Eady, 1960a: 667 . Type species: Pseudolitomastix nacoleiae Eady , by original designation. Homonym of Pseudolitomastix Risbec (1954) . Synonymy by Noyes & Hayat, 1984: 258.

Pentalitomastix Eady, 1960b: 173 . Replacement name for Pseudolitomastix Eady. Synonymy by Noyes & Hayat, 1984: 258.

Diagnosis. Female. Length 0.8–1.1 mm (including ovipositor sheaths if exserted); head and thorax dark brown, gaster brown to dark brown; fore wing hyaline, venation brown; mandible tridentate; maxillary palpi 4-segmented, labial palpi 3-segmented; antennae inserted near mouth margin and 8- or 10-segmented (formula 1151 or 1153); marginal vein punctiform; postmarginal vein short, never longer than stigmal vein; stigmal vein with 4 placoid sensilla arranged symmetrically in a square; paratergites absent; ovipositor with gonostyli articulated with 2nd valvifer by means of a membrane. Male. Similar to female but for antennae and genitalia; antenna 9- segmented (formula 1161) ( Fig. 16 ); clava apically narrowly rounded or pointed, never strongly obliquely truncate; genitalia with digitus sclerotized and without denticles, parameres absent or reduced.

Other important references include Hoffer (1970), Dahms & Gordh (1997), Kazmi & Hayat (1998), and Zhang & Huang (2004). Trjapitzin (1989) gave a key to the Palaearctic species and Caltagirone (1985), Trjapitzin et al. (1987) and Kazmi & Hayat (1998) gave keys to the world species.

Figures

FIGURES 9 − 16. 9 − 10, Copidosomopsis bohemicus, female: 9, antenna; 10, fore wing; 11 − 12, C. nacoleiae, female: 11, antenna; 12, fore wing; 13 − 16, C. trisegmentis: 13, antenna, female; 14, fore wing, female; 15, mid leg, female; 16, antenna, male.