title: Hydrophylita (Lutzimicron) emporos Shih & Polaszek (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from Taiwan, parasitising eggs, and phoretic on adults, of the damselfly Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae).
abstract: Hydrophylita emporos n. sp. reared from eggs of Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus McLachlan (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae) in Taiwan is described. This is the first species of Hydrophylita to be described from the Old World, and the first record of phoresy in the genus. Adult females were observed aggregating at the base of the female damselfly's abdomen. When the damselfly begins ovipositing, females move to the tip of the abdomen, enter the water and quickly locate eggs for parasitising. The article contains links to video footage of this process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yuan Tung
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Chiun Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Kuang Tao
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Sue Cheng
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polaszek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D063191:Odonata / Q000469:parasitology*; D010058:Oviposition / Q000502:physiology; D013624:Taiwan
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