Masnerium wellsae gen. n., sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae) a parasitoid of Aleuroduplidens wellsae Martin (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) in Australia

By

Polaszek, Andrew

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

20

Pages

119-125

Subjects

egg parasitoids , ooparasitoids , parasitoids , Proctotrupomorpha , taxonomy , whiteflies

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.20.189

 

Abstract

Masnerium wellsae Polaszek, gen. n., sp. n. is described from Merbein, Victoria, Australia. It is a primary endoparasitoid of the whitefly Aleuroduplidens wellsae Martin, described from the same type locality with identical collection data. Masnerium is most closely related to the genera Aleyroctonus Masner & Huggert, and Aphanomerus Perkins, but differs from both these genera in several morphological characters that are of primary importance at genus level in the Sceliotrachelinae.