Abstract
Allotropa phenacocca sp. nov., a platygastrid parasitoid of the mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is described from China. Voucher specimens are deposited in the Hymenopteran Collection of South China Agricultural University (SCAU), Guangzhou, China.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Mr Qin Xin-dao and Mr Zhang Zhong-run (Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences) for help during the survey of natural enemies of mealybugs in Hainan Province. We thank Mr Yu Hai-bin and Fang Tian-song (Forest Disease and Pest Control and Quarantine Station of Guangdong Province) for loan of A. oracellae.