Sv. Trjapitzin et Dr. Strong, A NEW ANAGRUS (HYMENOPTERA, MYMARIDAE), EGG PARASITOID OF PROKELISIA SPP (HOMOPTERA, DELPHACIDAE), The Pan-Pacific entomologist, 71(4), 1995, pp. 199-203
Anagrus sophiae S. Trjapitzin, NEW SPECIES, is described and illustrat
ed on the basis of a type-series from California and Florida. This spe
cies is a common egg parasitoid of the planthopper Prokelisia marginat
a (Van Duzee) that feeds on salt marsh cordgrass, Spartina alterniflor
a Loisel, in salt marshes along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts
of the United States, and S. foliosa Trinius on the Pacific Coast. Th
e new species also parasitizes eggs of P. dolus Wilson in Florida. Dif
ferences in the biology as well as variability of some morphological c
haracters of A. sophiae are discussed based on a comparative study of
the two populations from California and Florida. The new species is co
mpared with A. delicatus Dozier.