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

Abstract

During the investigation of forest insects in Guilin, Guangxi, some encyrtids belonging to Psyllaephagus were reared from Macrohomotoma sinica (Hemiptera: Homotomidae) on Ficus concinna.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
• psyllid
• p