Abstract
A drosophilid, Acletoxenus indicus Malloch, with larvae preying on Aleurodicus dispersus and Aleurocanthus sp. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is discovered from Guangdong and Hainan Provinces, China, and its morphological, ecological and molecular characters are described.
Acknowledgements
We wish to thank to Drs Shun-Xiang Ren and Xin-Min Wang (SCAU) for presenting us with the valuable specimens. This work was supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (200803023) and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30970396).