Egg parasitoids of the tea green leafhopper Empoasca onukii (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) in Japan, with description of a new species of Anagrus (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae)

By

Triapitsyn, Serguei V., 1963-
Adachi-Hagimori, Tetsuya
Rugman-Jones, Paul
Barry, Adema
Abe, Aoba
Matsuo, Kazunori
Ohno, Kazuro

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

836

Pages

93-112

Subjects

Anagrus rugmanjonesi , Arescon enocki , egg parasitoid , molecular identification , Stethynium empoascae , taxonomy , tea pest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.836.32634

 

Abstract

Fairyfly (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae) egg parasitoids of the tea green leafhopper Empoasca (Matsumurasca) onukii Matsuda (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae), an economically important pest in Asia of the tea plant,Camelliasinensis, were identified from specimens reared in Japan. Using a combination of genetic and morphological evidence, Anagrus (Anagrus) rugmanjonesi Triapitsyn & Adachi-Hagimori,sp. n., is described and illustrated. It is shown to be different from the most similarA.turpanicusTriapitsyn & Hu, anegg parasitoid of a leafhopper pest of cultivated grapes which is known from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data provide clear evidence for the separation ofA.rugmanjonesifromA.turpanicusand other members of theAnagrusincarnatusHaliday species complex. A key to females of the Japanese species ofAnagrusHaliday is given. Two other species of Mymaridae,Aresconenocki(Subba Rao & Kaur) andStethyniumempoascaeSubba Rao, are also identified, albeit the latter one only tentatively. Both latter taxa are newly recorded from Japan, andE.onukiirepresents their new host association.