Ablerus perspeciosus Girault, 1916

8. Ablerus perspeciosus Girault, 1916 View in CoL

( Figs. 18–21 View Figs )

Ablerus perspeciosus Girault, 1916b: 292 View in CoL .

♀. Japan: Nishigahara ( Lectotype ♀, USNM).

Azotus silvestrii Compere, 1926: 9 .

Holotype ♀. Paratype 1 ♀. China: Shanghai ( USNM).

Synonymy by Gahan, 1942: 47.

Azotus kashmirensis Narayanan, 1961: 22 View in CoL .

Holotype ♀. Paratype 1 ♂. India: Kashmir ( IARI).

Synonymy by Hayat, 1998: 123.

Azotus bimaculatus Khan & Shafee, 1976: 172 View in CoL .

Holotype ♀. India: Aligarh ( ZDAMU).

Synonymy by Hayat, 1998: 123.

MATERIAL

China. Fujian: 2 ♀ ♀, Sanming, 8-VII-1987, Chang-Ming Liu, by yellow sticky trap ( FAFU); 1 ♀, Fuzhou, Jinshan, 1987, Nai-Quan Lin, by yellow pan trap ( FAFU); 1 ♀, Shanghang, Qiushan, 21-VII-1988, Nai-Quan Lin, by sweeping ( FAFU); 1 ♀, Fu’an, Xibing, 27-IX-1988,Chang-Fu Lin, by sweeping ( FAFU); 1 ♀, Jianyang, 29-IX-1991, Mei-Xing Lin, ex. Cornuaspis gloverii (Parkard) on Citrus .

HOSTS

Cornuaspis gloverii (Parkard) on Citrus . The following additional hosts have been recorded: Diaspididae :? Chrysomphalus aonidum (L.) on Aucuba japonica, ( Compere 1926) ; Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Tarigoni-Tozzettii) , ( Girault 1916a; Gahan 1942; Tachikawa 1958; Ferrière 1965; Darling & Johnson 1984; Liao et al. 1987); Aulacaspis difficilis Cockerell , Pseudaonidia duplex (Cockerell) , Chrysomphalus aonidum L., ( Tachikawa 1958; Liao et al. 1987); Lepidosaphes ulmi , Quadraspidiotus gigas, ( Ferrière 1965) ; Melanaspis obscura (Comstock) , ( Darling & Johnson 1984); Quadraspidiotus perniciosus [apparently on apple trees], ( Hayat 1998). Aleyrodidae :? Aleurolobus barodensis on Saccharum officinarum, ( Hayat 1998) . Aphelinidae :? hyperparasitoid of Aphytis diaspidis (Howard) , (Compere 1926).

DISTRIBUTION

China ( Fujian, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shanxi, Henan), USA, Japan, Argentina, Italy, Yugoslavia, France, India.