A New Parasitoid of Whiteflies From Mexico, With a Key to New World Species of the Genus Encarsiella (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Abstract

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Relaciones huésped-parasitoide de las especies del género Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) y de moscas blancas (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) en México

“…En México se han registrado 46 especies del género Encarsia como parasitoides de moscas blancas (cuadro 1). Veintiún especies fueron descritas como nuevas para la ciencia en artículos publicados entre 2005 y 2010 (Myartseva, 2005(Myartseva, , 2007a(Myartseva, , 2007b(Myartseva, , 2007cMyartseva y col., 2007Myartseva y col., , 2009Myartseva y col., , 2010Myartseva y Coronado-Blanco, 2002, 2004Myartseva y Evans, 2008) ,1914;TetraleurodesCockerell, 1902;y Trialeurodes Cockerell, 1902 (cuadro 2). Algunas especies de moscas blancas son importantes plagas polífagas de diversos cultivos: Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby en cítricos, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) y Trialeurodes yaporariorum (Westwood) en hortalizas en invernaderos, Aleurothrkus floccosus (Maskell) en cítricos y varios frutales y ornamentales, y Aleurocybotus occiduus Russell en cereales.…”

Encarsia or Encarsiella? – redefining generic limits based on morphological and molecular evidence (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae)

“…Since Polaszek & Hayat (1992), several new species of this complex have been discovered, some of which were placed in Encarsiella (e.g. Chou & Chou, 1994;Huang & Polaszek, 1998;Myartseva & Coronado-Blanco, 2002). Most of these species share characters that have been used traditionally to define generic limits of the genus Encarsiella, i.e.…”

“…Hence, we adopt a narrower definition of this group compared with the previous generic definition of Encarsiella (e.g. Huang & Polaszek, 1998;Myartseva & Coronado-Blanco, 2002). We know of several dozen undescribed species from the Neotropical region that belong to this species group and that are all characterized by having a three-segmented clava with an oblique suture between F5 and F6, or both segments partly fused and F6 with a sensillar plate.…”

“…, E. taiwanensis (Chou & Chou, 1994) comb.n. and E. tamaulipeca (Myartseva & Coronado‐Blanco, 2002) comb.n. The generic limits of Encarsia are re‐defined based on a re‐assessment of morphological characters, and the results are discussed with respect to the current classification of the aphelinid subfamily Coccophaginae.…”

The Encarsia noyesi species-group (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae) in the Neotropical region, with a key and description of the male of E. andrewi from Mexico

“…The genus Encarsiella was erected by Hayat (1983) for one described (E. noyesi Hayat) and two undescribed species. Since then, nine new species have been described, including three species from Mexico (Myartseva and Coronado-Blanco 2002, Myartseva et al 2013a, and four species that were transferred from other genera to Encarsiella. Polaszek and Hayat (1992) provided a key to the species of Encarsiella, and diagnoses, illustrations and other data for the species known at that time.…”