A new whitefly parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Eunotinae), with comments on its placement, and implications for classification of Chalcidoidea with particular reference to the Eriaporinae (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Idioporus affinis gen.n. , sp.n . (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Eunotinae) is described from Central America, and the new tribe, Idioporini, is created for it. Reasons for its placement in the Eunotinae are discussed, as well as implications for higher classification within the Chalcidoidea, particularly with regard to the Eriaporinae (currently placed in the Aphelinidae). Idioporus affinis is a parasitoid of the giant whitefly Aleurodicus dugesii Cockerell (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), and is a potential biological control agent of this whitefly which is a recently introduced pest in California, Louisiana and Texas.