Psyllaephagus Ashmead 1900

Overview & Synopsis

Psyllaephagus sp. (Figs. 40–44) Material examined. Acizzia jamatonica from Albizia julibrissin, Zemun, Kej, 16.vii.2015, ex pupa 1♀. Trophic status. Parasitoid of psyllids (Noyes 2017). Diagnosis. Head and body dark with green blue metallic sheen. Antenna dark yellow, scape and pedicel bright brown, clava dark on the top. Scutellum purple, on the top bright metallic bluish green. Procoxae bright yellow, meso and metacoxae dark, metallic. Metafemur dark, in the base bright yellow. Basal tergite of gaster bright blue, other parts dark purple, greenish blue. Flagellar segments 2–5 wider than long, 1 and 6 square. Comments. This species is very similar to Psyllaephagus rubriscutellatus Myartseva, but antennae are different in accordance to the description by Trjapitzin (1989). Here, Psyllaephagus sp. is recorded in association with A. jamatonica for the first time.