identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
743E87A4FFBF18303E58FEA23494F73C.text	743E87A4FFBF18303E58FEA23494F73C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pteroptrix aegyptica Evans and Abd-Rabou	<div><p>Pteroptrix aegyptica Evans and Abd­Rabou n. sp.</p><p>Female (Figs. 1–6). Length: 1.0– 1.2 mm.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>The female of Pteroptrix aegyptica is most similar to Pteroptrix arabica (Ferriére) described from Parlatoria blanchardi (Targioni Tozzetti) from Saudia Arabia, but differs in having the head brown, the midlobe of the mesoscutum brown with a pale, central triangular­shaped area, F3 and F4 antennal segments each slightly wider than long, the marginal fringe 0.9–1.0x as long as fore wing width, and the male F3 antennal segment quadrate; whereas the female of P. arabica, has the head yellow, the midlobe of the mesoscutum completely brown, F3 and F4 each about 1.25x as long as wide and the marginal fringe 0.8x as long as fore wing width, and the male F3 antennal segment transverse.</p><p>Description</p><p>Color (Fig. 1) — Body dark brown except pale yellow triangular­shaped area on mid lobe of mesocutum, side lobes, scutellum and metanotum; legs yellow except for fuscous hind femur and basal two­thirds of middle and hind tibiae; fore wing hyaline (clear) with area under marginal vein to the posterior margin of the forewing, and the distal half of submarginal vein narrowly infuscate.</p><p>Head with length/width measurements (μm) and length/width ratios of antennal segments (Fig. 3) as follows: radicle 52.5/20 = 1.5, scape 135/35 = 3.9, pedicel 75/42.5 = 1.8, F1 35/37.5 = 0.9, F 2 25/35 = 0.7, F3 37.5/40 = 0.9, F4 37.5/40 = 0.9, F5 70/37.5 = 1.9, F6 100/27.5 = 3.6. Mandibles (Fig. 6) with 3 teeth, glossa (Fig. 5) with 1 pair of pegs.</p><p>Mesosoma (Fig. 1) with 5 setae on midlobe of mesoscutum arranged as 2+1+2; axillae elongate, each with 1 moderately long seta arising about at the center of the axilla; scutellum with placoid sensillae widely separated by a distance of about 14x the diameter of 1 sensillum; anterior pair of setae (Sc1) very short, less than 0.33x as long as the posterior pair (Sc2).</p><p>Fore wing (Fig. 4) — narrow, length 780; maximum width of wing 225; disk length 312.5; longest seta of marginal fringe 212.5; forewing width 0.72x forewing disk; marginal fringe 0.94x forewing width; submarginal vein with 1 seta, marginal vein with 3 long setae along the anterior margin, costal cell with one short seta located at about half its length and 2 long setae located at the apex near the base of the marginal vein, 2 basal group setae; disk setae sparse.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 2) with 4­4­4 tarsal formula; spur of middle tibia (70) 1.27x as long as corresponding basitarsus (55).</p><p>Gaster very elongate, 2.5x as long as mesosoma and 1.6x as long as mesosoma and head combined; ovipositor (317.5) arising at level of base of tergite V, 1.3x longer than middle tibia (245); valvulae III very short (55), about 0.17x as long as ovipositor.</p><p>Male (Fig 7). Similar to female in coloration and structure, but can be easily distinguished from the females by the relative lengths of antennal segments, especially that of the first 3 segments of the funicle (F1–F3). These segments are elongate in the male, with F1 and F3 each about 2x as long as wide, and F2 is quadrate; whereas in the female, the F1 and F3 segments are quadrate and F2 is transverse.</p><p>Specimens examined and deposition</p><p>Holotype female (slide mounted). Egypt, El­Arish (Northern Sinai), 11.x.1997, S.Abd­Rabou, ex Parlatoria blanchardi (Targioni Tozzetti) [ Diaspididae] on Phoenix dactylifera L. [ Arecaceae]; deposited in USNM. Paratypes: 1 female in PPRI, and 4 males (slide mounted), same collection data as holotype in USNM and PPRI.</p><p>Discussion</p><p>Using Prinsloo and Neser’s (1990) key to the world species of Archenomus Howard (a junior synonym of Pteroptrix), this new species would key out to Pteroptrix arabica (Ferriére) described by Ferriére (1970) from Parlatoria blanchardi from Saudia Arabia, and would be placed in the Pteroptrix bicolor group as defined by Prinsloo and Neser (1990). Unlike most species in this group, the forewings of both P. arabica and P. aegyptica are very narrow with a very long marginal fringe, almost as long as the maximum width of the forewing. Pteroptrix aegyptica was collected from El­Arish (Northern Sinai) which has a moderate temperature and high relative humidity. Its host, Parlatoria blanchardi, attacks the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, one of the most important crops in Egypt.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/743E87A4FFBF18303E58FEA23494F73C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Evans, Gregory A.;Abd-Rabou, Shaaban	Evans, Gregory A., Abd-Rabou, Shaaban (2005): Two new species, and additional records, of aphelinids from Egypt (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Zootaxa 838: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170694
743E87A4FFBD18363E58FCD73266F201.text	743E87A4FFBD18363E58FCD73266F201.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Encarsia perconfusa Evans and Abd-Rabou	<div><p>Encarsia perconfusa Evans and Abd­Rabou, n. sp.</p><p>Female (Figs. 8–11). Length: 0.9 mm.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Encarsia perconfusa is very similar to Encarsia confusa Hayat, described from Aleurolobus sp. in India (Hayat, 1989), but differs by having the ovipositor distinctly shorter (0.82x) than the length of the midtibia, the maximum width of the forewing longer than the length of the forewing disk and with 10–11 long basal setae below the submarginal vien, and the F3 antennal segment slightly longer than F2; whereas in E. confusa, the ovipositor is subequal to the length of the midtibia, the maximum width of forewing is as long as the forewing disk and with 7–8 shorter basal setae below the submarginal vein, and with F3 is slightly shorter than F2.</p><p>Description</p><p>Color: Body yellow, head with dark brown transverse line above the clypeus, antennae and legs yellow with F6 fuscous; wings hyaline (clear).</p><p>Head with the following length/width measurements (μm) and length/width ratios of antennal segments (Fig. 10): radicle 52.5/15 = 3.5; scape 145/30 = 4.8; pedicel 50/32.5 = 1.5, F1 45/22.5 = 2.0, F2 51.7/22.5 = 2.3, F3 62.5/25 = 2.5, F4 62.5/30 = 2.1, F5 62.5/32.5 = 1.9, F6 60/32.5 = 1.8. Number of linear sensillae on F1–F6: 0, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, respectively. Mandible with 3 teeth and glossa with 2 pairs of pegs.</p><p>Mesosoma (Fig 8) midlobe of mesoscutum with many small hexagonally shaped cells and with 4 pairs of setae arranged as 4+2+2, axillae with many small, elongate cells and with one relatively long seta arising from the anterior third and extending to the basal third of the axilla; scutellum with many hexagonal cells, anterior pair of setae (Sc1) shorter than posterior pair (Sc2), placoid sensillae separated by distance of 5.7x the diameter of one sensillum. Each hexagonal cell on mesosoma with short intercellar lines as in Encarsia luteola Howard.</p><p>Forewing (Fig. 11) length 700.0; forewing disk 257.5; maximum width of forewing 330.0; longest seta of marginal fringe 72.5; forewing width 1.3x forewing disk; marginal fringe 0.2x forewing width; forewing uniformly setose, basal group with 10–11 long setae, marginal vein with10 setae along its anterior margin and 2 pterostigmal setae present at its base.</p><p>Legs (Fig. 9) tibia of middle leg (252.5) with apical spur 0.6x as long as corresponding basitarsus; tarsal formula 5­5­5.</p><p>Gaster elongate with narrow reticulate band at the base; ovipositor (205) arising at the level of tergite IV and 0.81x as long as tibia II; valvulae III (55) moderately long, 0.3x as long as ovipositor.</p><p>Male unknown.</p><p>Specimen examined and deposition</p><p>Holotype female (slide mounted), Egypt: Aswan, i.2003, S. Abd­Rabou, ex. Tetraleurodes leguminicola Bink­Moenen on Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne; deposited in USNM.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This species is named for its similarity to Encarsia confusa Hayat which was named as such because it could be easily confused with Encarsia transvena (Timberlake), a junior synonym of E. sophia (Girault and Dodd); the prefix “per” is added to its name which means “very”.</p><p>Discussion</p><p>This species is tentatively placed in the Encarsia lahorensis species group, which was first designated by Viggiani and Mazzone (1979). Later, Hayat (1989) broadened the concept of this species group to include species that have more than two pairs of setae on the mesoscutum. Encarsia perconfusa differs from most of the other species currently placed in this group by having the midtibial spur much shorter than the corresponding basitarsus and more than two pairs of setae on the mesoscutum. Hayat (1998) suggested that E. confusa may be a synonym of Encarsia galilea Rivnay, described from Bemisia afer (Priesner and Hosny) in Israel. Of the species of Encarsia known from Egypt, E. perconfusa is most similar to Encarsia protransvena Viggiani, but can be distinguished from that species by having the placoid sensillae of the scutellum widely separated; whereas in E. protransvena, the placoid sensillae are closely placed, separated by a distance of less than the diameter of one sensillum. Its whitefly host, Tetraleurodes leguminicola, attacks sunt ( Acacia spp.), a tree widely distributed throughout Upper Egypt where it is used for lumber.</p><p>Additional records</p><p>In addition, the following aphelinids were reared from the following hosts in Egypt:</p><p>1) Encarsia perniciosi (Tower), reared from Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell) on mango ( Mangifera indica L.), Sharquia, Egypt, I.2003, S. Abd­Rabou.</p><p>2) Marietta leopardina Motschulsky, a hyperparasite, emerged from Saissetia coffeae (Walker) on olive ( Olea sp.), Northern Coast of Egypt, 1.vii.1997, S. Abd­Rabou; from Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan) on Ficus retusa ssp. nitida (Th.) Miq., Qalyubiya, ix. 2002, S. Abd­Rabou; from Aonidiella citrina (Coquillett) on rose ( Rosa sp.), South Sinai, i.2000. S. Abd­Rabou; from Parlatoria ziziphi (Lucas) on Citrus sp., Giza, vi.1999, S. Abd­Rabou; and from Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) on Ficus retusa ssp. nitida, Isna Qena, v.2001, S. Abd­Rabou.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/743E87A4FFBD18363E58FCD73266F201	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Evans, Gregory A.;Abd-Rabou, Shaaban	Evans, Gregory A., Abd-Rabou, Shaaban (2005): Two new species, and additional records, of aphelinids from Egypt (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Zootaxa 838: 1-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170694
