Open AccessTHE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF MICROTERYS THOMSON (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) *
Author(s) -
Prinsloo G. L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1975.tb02058.x
Subject(s) - biology , encyrtidae , hymenoptera , zoology , key (lock) , taxonomy (biology) , ecology , botany , parasitoid
Redescriptions and illustrations are given of the females and/or males of 7 Australian species described by A. A. Girault: gilberti, newcombi, spinozai, triguttatus, garibaldia, purpureiventris and longifuniculus. M. aristotelea (Girault) cannot be properly identified from the remaining type material. The cosmopolitan species M. flavus (Howard) is recorded from 2 localities in Australia and its close relationship to 5 of the Girault species is discussed. M. australicus sp.n. is described from the soft scale insect hosts Gascardia destructor (Newstead) and Ceroplastes ceriferus (Anderson). A key is provided for the females of the Australian species of Microterys.