Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera)
Author
Zuparko, Robert L.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
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Adelencyrtus
Ashmead 1900
Hosts.
Hemiptera
:
Coccidae
,
Diaspididae
aulacaspidis
(
Brèthes 1914: 29
) (
Prionomitus
)
Type
.
MACN
Distribution.
W (Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Ventura)
Host/habitat.
Aulacaspis difficilis
,
A. rosae
,
Chionaspis salicis
,
Diaspidiotus macroporanus
,
Lepidosaphes cupressi
,
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
,
Rhizopulvinaria nevesi
odonaspidis
(
Fullaway 1913: 27
)
[
New State record
] (RLZC)
Type
.
USNM
Distribution.
A (Marin, Stanislaus)
Host/habitat.
Duplachionaspis sansevieriae
,
Odonaspis ruthae
,
O
.
saccharicaulis
,
O
. sp.
Remarks.
Burks (1958b)
reported a questionable host record of
Antonia graminis
, but I suspect this was due to a misreading of the host “
Odonaspis graminis
” as reported in the original description. While
O
.
graminis
Bremner
remains a valid species, the host of
A
.
odonaspidis
in Hawaii is actually
O
.
ruthae
(
Ben-Dov 2006c
). The host record of “
Odonaspidis
sp.” (
Noyes 2015
) is probably referrable to a misspelling of
Odonaspis
. Although originally described in Hawaii,
Timberlake (1919a)
reported that its true place of origin was unlikely, but opined it may be from the warmer areas of Europe or Asia. The species has also been recorded from
South Africa
,
Japan
,
Mexico
,
Brazil
and the southeastern
USA
(
Noyes 2001
), and was introduced into
Bermuda
in a biocontrol program against
O
.
ruthae
(but failed to establish). I consider its presence in California as an adventitious introduction.