Encarsia hera Lahey & Andreason (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae): a charismatic new parasitoid of Aleurocybotus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) from Florida

A new, biparental species of the genus Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), E. hera Lahey & Andreason, sp. nov. , is characterized based on morphological and molecular data. The parasitoid was reared from the puparia of its host, an undescribed species of the grass-feeding aleyrodine gen...

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Published inJournal of Hymenoptera research Vol. 94; pp. 89 - 104
Main Authors Lahey, Zachary, Simmons, Alvin M., Andreason, Sharon A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sofia Pensoft Publishers 20.12.2022
Subjects
Aleurocybotus
Aleyrodidae
Aphelinidae
Encarsia
Ethanol
Grasses
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Morphology
New species
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Puparia
Ribosomal DNA
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Summary:A new, biparental species of the genus Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), E. hera Lahey & Andreason, sp. nov. , is characterized based on morphological and molecular data. The parasitoid was reared from the puparia of its host, an undescribed species of the grass-feeding aleyrodine genus Aleurocybotus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) collected in Gainesville, Florida. The same whitefly is newly recorded from Charleston, South Carolina, where it is a pest of ornamental Muhly grass [ Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. (Poaceae)]. A phylogenetic analysis based on a fragment of 28S ribosomal DNA in 34 Encarsia species placed E. hera , sp. nov. , within the E. luteola -group, a result concordant with its morphology. A key to the Encarsia species reared from Aleurocybotus is provided.
ISSN:1070-9428
1314-2607
DOI:10.3897/jhr.94.94677