View source for Encarsia accenta Schmidt & Naumann

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[[File:Encarsia-accenta-ZSM.jpg| thumb| 400px| right| ''Encarsia accenta'' female (slide preparation)]]
== Diagnosis ==
=== Female ===
Colour: head yellow, with transverse brown band between eyes in frontal view,
sometimes head largely brown with vertex and lower head lighter. Mesosoma light brown,
scutellum lighter and propodeum darker than rest of mesosoma. Metasoma largely pale
yellow to white, at base with sharply defined narrow dark brown band, T4 laterally and T5
with complete narrow dark brown band anteriorly. Antenna yellow with scape, pedicel, and
apical segments darker. Fore wing hyaline. Legs yellow.

Morphology: stemmaticum with rugose-reticulate surface sculpture. Antennal formula
1,1,4,2. Pedicel longer than F1 (1.26–1.30). F1 2.16–2.50 times as long as its maximum
width, slightly shorter than F2 (0.83–0.93) and F3 (0.82–0.88). Flagellomeres with the
following numbers of sensilla: F1: 0, F2: 1, F3: 2, F4: 3, F5: 3, F6: 3. Midlobe of
mesoscutum with eight setae, arranged symmetrically, side lobes with three setae each.
Mesoscutal midlobe, axillae, and scutellum with rather fine but distinctive reticulation,
cells with distinct internal striations. Scutellar sensilla widely separated (approximately
seven times the maximum width of a sensillum). Distance between anterior pair of scutellar
setae greater than between posterior pair. Fore wing 2.4 times as long as width of disc.
Marginal fringe 0.26–0.29 times as long as width of disc. Submarginal vein with two setae,
marginal vein anteriorly with seven to nine setae. Basal cell with seven or eight setae. Tarsal
formula 5-5-5. Apical spur of midtibia distinctly shorter than half the length of the
corresponding basitarsus (0.27–0.36). Tergites laterally with the following numbers of
setae: T1: 2, T2: 2–3, T3: 2, T4: 2, T5: 3, T6: 3, T7 with four setae. Ovipositor subequal
in length to midtibia (0.99–1.04). Third valvula 0.32–0.34 times as long as second valvifer.

=== Male ===
Overall colour of mesosoma brown. Mesoscutal midlobe, side lobes, and scutellum
lighter. Metasoma predominantly brown. Legs yellow except coxae brown and hind femur
slightly darkened. Antennae yellow with pedicel darkened. Head predominantly brown, top
of head lighter. Apical two flagellomeres fused and sensilla partly overlapping.

== Species group placement== 
''Encarsia inaron'' group.

== Distribution ==
Australia: New South Wales, South Australia.

== Hosts ==
Aleyrodidae: ''Bemisia tabaci'' (Gennadius).

== Remarks ==
''Encarsia azimi'' is similar to ''E. adusta'' and ''E. azimi'', all of which are characterised by a distinctive colour pattern of the gaster.

== References ==
* {{aut|Schmidt, S.}}; {{aut|Naumann, I.D.}}; {{aut|De Barro, P.}} 2001: ''Encarsia'' species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) of Australia and the Pacific Islands attacking ''Bemisia tabaci'' and ''Trialeurodes vaporariorum'' (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) — a pictorial key and descriptions of four new species. ''Bulletin of entomological Research'', '''91''': 369–387. {{doi|10.1079/BER2001112}}
* {{aut|Schmidt, S.}}; {{aut|Polaszek, A.}} 2007: The Australian species of ''Encarsia'' Förster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae). ''Journal of Natural History'', '''41''': 2099–2265. {{doi|10.1080/00222930701550766}}

== External links ==
[[Wikispecies:Encarsia_accenta| ''Encarsia accenta'' on Wikispecies]]<br />
[http://www.zsm-entomology.de/wiki/Encarsia_accenta Type information]<br />
[http://www.eol.org/pages/844954 Encyclopedia of Life]<br />
[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Encarsia%20accenta&lvl=0 Genbank]<br />
[[Wikipedia:Encarsia| ''Encarsia'' on Wikipedia]]