Aphanogmus incredibilis Dessart, 1978

Johnson & Musetti 2004: 18.

Remarks

Male known but male genitalia unknown. Described from a single male specimen (Dessart 1978: 277‒280). In a second publication (Dessart 1996: 54‒58), a detailed diagnosis including female characters was published, but the male genitalia remained undescribed. For similarities and differences between A. incredibilis and A. rafikii sp. nov., see remarks under A. rafikii .

Biology

Parasitizes presumably Psyllaephagus pulvinatus (Waterston, 1922), Syrphophagus cassatus (Annecke, 1969) ( Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) or Tamarixia radiata (Waterston, 1922) ( Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) through the African citrus psyllid Trioza erytreae Del Guercio, 1918 ( Hemiptera: Triozidae) (Dessart 1978, 1996).

Distribution

Afrotropical: Zimbabwe.

Type depositories

The male holotype is deposited in the PPRI (Dessart 1978: 280). Dessart (1996: 56) used two female specimens deposited at USNM.