A new species of Psyllaephagus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from China, parasitoid of Macrohomotoma sinica (Hemiptera: Homotomidae) on Ficus concinna

Fei Wu; Wenquan Zhen; Zening Yang; Guohao Zu

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e63253

A new species of Psyllaephagus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from China, parasitoid of Macrohomotoma sinica (Hemiptera: Homotomidae) on Ficus concinna

Biodivers Data J. 2021 Mar 16:9:e63253. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e63253. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Fei Wu¹, Wenquan Zhen², Zening Yang³, Guohao Zu³

Affiliations

¹ School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, P.R. China, Harbin, China School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, P.R. China Harbin China.
² Guangxi Key Laboratory of Beibu Gulf Marine Biodiversity Conservation, College of Marine Sciences, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou, Guangxi, 535011, P.R. China, Qinzhou, China Guangxi Key Laboratory of Beibu Gulf Marine Biodiversity Conservation, College of Marine Sciences, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou, Guangxi, 535011, P.R. China Qinzhou China.
³ College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, P.R. China, Tianjin, China College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, P.R. China Tianjin China.

Abstract

Background: During the investigation of forest insects in Guilin, Guangxi, encyrtid parasitoid wasps belonging to the genus Psyllaephagus were reared from Macrohomotoma sinica (Hemiptera: Homotomidae) feeding on Ficus concinna.

New information: A new species of Psyllaephagus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), P. guangxiensis Zu sp. nov., is described from Guangxi, China as a parasitoid of Macrohomotoma sinica Yang & Li (Hemiptera: Homotomidae) on Ficus concinna (Miq.) Miq. (Urticales: Moraceae).

Keywords: Chalcidoidea; Encyrtinae; Microteryini; parasitoid wasp; psyllid.

Fei Wu, Wenquan Zhen, Zening Yang, Guohao Zu.

Grants and funding

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Beibu Gulf Marine Biodiversity Conservation, College of Marine Sciences, Beibu Gulf University (2018KYQD08)