Masner, L., Sun, J.H., Clarke, S.R., Xiong, J.J., & Berisford, C.W. 2004 Description of Allotropa oracellae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), a parasitoid of Oracella acuta (Heteroptera: Pseudococcidae).. Florida Entomologist 87(4): 600-602.

Notes: [http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0015-4040&volume=087&issue=04&page=600] The parasitoid Allotropa oracellae Masner sp. nov. (Platygastridae) is described. This species was collected in Georgia (United States) and is an endoparasitoid of the mealybug, Oracella acuta (Lobdell). New character states for the genus were used, including the pilosity of metapleuron and the microsculpture of mesoscutum.