Pteroptricini Ashmead, 2025

Kresslein, Robert L., Polaszek, Andrew, Burks, Roger A., Mottern, Jason L., Lahey, Zachary & Heraty, John M., 2025, Nomenclatural spring cleaning: tidying Aphelinidae of taxa that do not spark joy, and a new species of Prococcobius Hayat (Aphelinidae: Coccophaginae), Journal of Natural History 59 (9 - 12), pp. 609-653 : 618-619

Pteroptricini Ashmead

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Pteroptricini Ashmead, 1904: 344 [in Ashmead 1904a]. Type genus: Pteroptrix Westwood, 1833 . As a tribe of Aphelininae (= Aphelinidae ). As a tribe of Coccophaginae in Hayat 1985a.

Pteroptricina Schmiedeknecht, 1909: 448. Type genus: Pteroptrix Westwood, 1833 . As a subtribe of Aphelinini (= Aphelinidae ).

Pteroptrinos Mercet, 1912: 45, 253. Type genus: Pteroptrix ; Westwood, 1833. As a subtribe of Aphelinidae .

Pteroptricinae Mercet, 1929: 3–28 . Type genus: Pteroptrix ; Westwood, 1833.

Diagnosis

Antenna distinctly spindle shaped (fusiform) with strongly pointed apex ( Figure 3C,D ), 7- or 8-segmented (antennal formula either 1,1,3,3 or 1,1,2,3). Axilla subquadrate. Fore wing with submarginal vein with either 1–2 setae (if so,tarsal formula 4-4-4) or 3+ setae (if so,tarsal formula 5-5-5). Rarely, Gt 6 and Gt 7 separate rather than fused to form a syntergum. Females are parasitoids of Diaspididae .Males are either autoparasitoids or primary parasitoids of Diaspididae .

Comments

See Prospaltellini .

Figures

Figure 3. Antenna (lateral) of Pteroptricini Ashmead and Prospaltellini Nikol’skaya. (A) Encarsia harrisoni (Prospaltellini) holotype female, (B) Encarsia inquirenda (Prospaltellini) holotype female, (C) Diaspiniphagus (Pteroptricini) female, (D) Pteroptrix (Pteroptricini) female.