Encarsia inaron

Encarsia inaron (Walker, 1839)

Figs 24–30

Aphelinus Inaron Walker, 1839: 10. Lectotype ♀, designated by Graham, 1976: 142; UK-England, (Haliday) [no other data] (NMID, not examined).

Aphelinus Idaeus Walker, 1839: 12. Lectotype ♂, designated by Graham, 1976: 142; UK (BMNH, not examined). Synonymy by Graham, 1976: 142.

Myina idaeus (Walker): Walker, 1848: 136. New combination for Aphelinus idaeus Walker.

Encarsia partenopea Masi, 1909: 32. Lectotype ♀, Italy, designated by Viggiani, 1987: 159. Synonymy by Polaszek et al., 1992: 383; Viggiani & Gerling, 1994: 149.

Coccophagus inaron (Walker): Mercet, 1912: 247. New combination for Aphelinus inaron Walker.

Encarsia indifferentis Mercet, 1929: 220. Lectotype ♀, designated by Polaszek et al., 1999: 148. Egypt (MNCN, not examined). Synonymy by Polaszek et al., 1999: 148.

Trychaporus aleyrodis Mercet, 1930: 196. Synonymy by Polaszek et al., 1992: 383.

Encarsia aleyrodis (Mercet): Ferrière, 1965: 134. New combination for Trichaporus aleyrodis Mercet.

Encarsia aleurodis (Mercet): Herting, 1972: 104. Misspelling of species group name Encarsia aleyrodis (Mercet).

Trichaporus parthenopeus (Masi): Herting, 1972: 104. Misspelling of species group name Trichaporus partenopeus (Masi).

Encarsia brassicae Shafee & Bela, 1984: 29. Holotype ♀, Hungary (ZDAMU, not examined). Synonymy by Hayat, 1998: 200.

Encarsia borealis Huldén, 1986: 18. Holotype ♀, Finland (DAFZ, not examined). Huang, 1994: 204. Synonymy by Huang & Polaszek, 1998: 1891.

Encarsia inaron (Walker, 1839): Graham, 1976: 142; Polaszek et al., 1992: 383; Hayat, 1998: 199; Abd-Rabou, 1998: 12; Huang & Polaszek, 1998: 1891; Polaszek et al., 1999: 148; Manzari et al., 2002: 174; Hernández-Suárez, 2003: 71; Myartseva & Evans, 2008: 115; Hayat, 2012: 245.

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province, Fushun City, Yuanshuailin, 18.VI.2012, Hui Geng, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Jiang Liu, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province, Fushun City, Yingpan Town, Shimenling Village, 20.VI.2012, Hui Geng, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Jiang Liu, sweeping; 1♂ [on slide], Jilin Province, Antu County, Erdaobaihe Town, 6.VII.2012, Jiang Liu, Si-Zhu Liu, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Jilin Province, Changbaishan Mountains, 7.VII.2012, Si-Zhu Liu, Jiang Liu, sweeping; 4♀ [on slides], Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City, Jianlagou, 29.VII.2013, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Si-Zhu Liu, Yang Peng, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province, Huludao City, Jianchang County, Qingshan Village, 2.VIII.2013, Guo-Hao Zu, Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Heilongjiang Province, Yichun City, Wuying, 5–7.VII.2013, Hui Geng, Guo-Hao Zu, Si- Zhu Liu, Yang Peng, YPT; 2♀, 1♂ [on slides], Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City, Laoyeling, 7–16.VIII.2013, Cheng-De Li, MT; 1♂ [on slide], Heilongjiang Province, Harbin City, Laoyeling, 16–29.VIII.2013, Cheng-De Li, MT; 3♀ [on slides], Shandong Province, Qingdao City, Laoshan Mountains, Beijiushui, 8–10.VII.2014, Hui Geng, Guo-Hao Zu, Zhi-Guang Wu, Hai-Feng Bai, YPT; 5♂ [on slides], Shandong Province, Qingdao City, Xiaozhushan, 19.V.2014, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Si-Zhu Liu, Guo-Hao Zu, sweeping; 1♂ [on slide], Inner Mongolia, Genhe City, Hanma National Nature Reserve, 23.VI.2014, Ye Chen, sweeping; 1♂ [on slide], Shandong Province, Qingdao City, Laoshan Mountains, Dahedong, 24.VII.2014, Chao-Zhang, Ye Chen, Si-Zhu Liu, sweeping; 2♀ [on slides], Shandong Province, Qingdao City, Laoshan Mountains, Beijiushui, 10.VII.2014, Hui Geng, Guo-Hao Zu, Zhi- Guang Wu, Hai-Feng Bai, sweeping; 2♀ [on slides], Shandong Province, Qingdao City, Laoshan Mountains, Beijiushui, 1–3.VIII.2014, Guo-Hao Zu, Ye Chen, YPT; 1♂ [on slide], Shaanxi Province, Guanghuojie Town, 3.VIII. 2015, Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Shaanxi Province, Xunyangba Town, 6.VIII.2015, Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping; 1♂ [on slide], Shaanxi Province, Jiange Town, 17.VIII 2015, Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Qianshan Mountains, Taihegong, 18.VIII.2015, Hui Geng, Zhi-Guang Wu, Yan Gao, sweeping; 2♀, 5♂ [on slides], Sichuan Province, Qingchuan County, 20.VIII.2015, Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Jilin Province, Wangqing County, 24.VIII. 2 0 15, Hui Geng, Yan Gao, Zhi-Guang Wu, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Qianshan Mountains, Taihegong, 16.IX.2015, Hui Geng, Ye Chen, Xin-Yu Zhang, sweeping; 2♀ [on slides], Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Qianshan Mountains, Xianrentai, 20.IX.2015, Hui Geng, Ye Chen, Xin-Yu Zhang, sweeping; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Qianshan Mountains, Xianrentai, 18–21.IX.2015, Hui Geng, Ye Chen, Xin-Yu Zhang, YPT; 1♀ [on slide], Heilongjiang Province, Yichun City, Liangshui, 26.VII.2015, Si-Zhu Liu, Xin-Yu Zhang, sweeping. (NEFU).

Hosts. Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae, Coccidae, Diaspididae; Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae, Yponomeutidae (for detailed host species see Noyes, 2016).

Distribution. Nearly cosmopolitan (Noyes 2016). China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan [new records], Guangdong, Taiwan, Yunnan).

Comments. This is a widespread species, with great variation in colour of the female metasoma, from largely pale (Fig. 24) (only petiole, base and sides of T1 brown), to partly brown (Fig. 25) (petiole, base of T1, sides of TI– T6 and T5 brown) to T6 largely brown (Fig. 26) (T1 posteriorly to T3 anteriorly and apex of T7 yellow). Specimens with the metasoma largely brown usually have dark brown patches on a brown mid lobe and scutellum (Fig. 27), occasionally both females and males with two distinct dark patches on a yellow scutellum (Figs. 28, 29).

Antenna yellow with radicle brown, scape yellow to brown, and apical flagellomere infuscate. Petiole smooth or faintly sculptured (Fig. 30). Legs of male yellow with fore and hind coxae brown, mid coxae yellow to brown, hind femora yellow to brown. Genitalia 0.83–0.96× as long as hind tibia.