Psilophrys tenuicornis Graham, 1969

Japoshvili, Giorgi & Noyes, John S., 2006, The Western Palaearctic species of Psilophrys Mayr (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of kermesids (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Kermesidae) attacking oaks (Quercus spp.), Journal of Natural History 40 (29 - 31), pp. 1793-1800 : 1799-1800

Psilophrys tenuicornis Graham

Encyrtus longicornis Walker 1847, p 229 . Lectotype ♀ (designated Graham 1969, p 235), England, OUM, examined.

Psilophrys longicornis (Walker) ; Mayr 1876, p 728.

Psilophrys tenuicornis Graham 1969, p 235 . Replacement name for Encyrtus longicornis Walker, 1847 , nec Dalman, 1820.

Diagnosis

Female. Length 1.5–2.5 mm. Body dark brown with golden-green metallic reflection, mesoscutum with a blue sheen and scutellum with violet reflection; only hind tibia and femora entirely dark brown, base of front and middle femora dark brown; head about 1.7× as long as frontovertex; mandible with one tooth and a truncation. FV about 2× as wide as long; F1 almost 1.5× as long as pedicel; scape about 1.9× as long as club and about 6× as long as wide; OOL equal to OCL, which is about half longest diameter of posterior ocellus; ocelli forming an obtuse triangle; mandible with one tooth and truncation. Fore wing about 2.3× as long as wide; apex of fore wing without marginal fringe; base of stigmal vein forming an angle. Ovipositor exserted, exserted part about 0.2× as long as gaster without exserted part of ovipositor.

Male. Length 1.6–2.0 mm. Colour as for female, structurally similar except for antenna and genitalia. Antenna with F1 almost 3× as long as pedicel and 4× as long as wide, F5 about 3× as long as wide, F6 about 2.6× as long as wide; clava solid.

Material examined Type material: Lectotype ♀: England, ‘‘LECTO-TYPE O.U.M.’’ ‘‘51’’ ‘‘ Encyrtus longicornis Dal. ’’ ‘‘ Encyrtus longicornis Walker LECTOTYPE ♀ M. de V. Graham det. 1958’’ (OUM). Other material: Turkey, 3♀, 1 „, Isparta, Sutcular, Adada, Ex K. palestiniensis on Q. coccifera , 10–11 July 2002 (G. Japoshvili) (IZGAS); 7♀, 1 „, Isparta, Sutcular, Adada, Ex K. palestiniensis on Q. coccifera , 10–11 July 2002 (G. Japoshvili) (IZGAS); Austria, 1♀, Austria, Bisamberg , 6 August 1944 ( Novitzky ) (BMNH) .