Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera)
Author
Zuparko, Robert L.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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Isodromus
Howard 1887
Hosts.
Neuroptera
:
Chrysopidae
,
Hemerobiidae
iceryae
Howard 1887
: 488
Type
.
USNM
Distribution.
W (Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Napa, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Ventura)
Host/habitat.
Ceraeochrysa cubana
,
C
.
lateralis,
C
.
sanchezi
,
C
.
valida
,
Chrysoperla ploribunda
,
C
.
rufilabris
,
Leucochrysa floridana
,
Sympherobius angustus
,
Sympherobius californicus
;
NEW
:
Chrysopa nigricornis
(EMEC)
Remarks.
Icerya purchasi
and
Saissetia oleae
were erroneously reported as hosts by several authors—these reports are attributable to parasitized
Chrysopa
larvae, which pupated within the hollow shell of a dead scale (
Clancy 1946a
). Similarly, I consider the host report of
Coccus hesperidum
(
De
Santis & Monetti 2008
)
to be in error.
Clancy (1946a)
also questioned the validity of hemerobiid host records, but noted that
I
.
iceryae
would reproduce on
Eremochrysa punctinervis
in the lab. A series of specimens was reared from galls of
Heteroecus dasydactyli
(Ashmead)
(
Hymenoptera
:
Cynipidae
) in San Bernardino County (UCRC).
Harrisina brillans
(
Lepidoptera
:
Zygaenidae
) is noted as the host for one specimen (UCRC), but this is undoubtedly erroneous.
niger
Ashmead 1900
: 379
Type
.
USNM
Distribution.
W (Alameda, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Solano, Ventura)
Host/habitat.
Chrysopa nigricornis
,
C
.
oculata,
C
.
pallens, C
. sp.,
Chrysoperla carnea
,
Sympherobius angustus
,
Hemerobiidae
sp.
Remarks.
Clancy (1946a)
considered the only valid host records for this species were for the two closely related species,
Chrysopa nigricorns
(=
C
.
majuscula
) and
C
.
oculata
. Host records for
Chilocorus similis
and
Lymantria dispar
(Linnaeus)
are clearly erroneous, while records for “
Chrysopa
” may equally refer to
Chrysoperla
.
puncticeps
(
Howard 1885: 14
) (
Encyrtus
)
Type
.
USNM
Distribution.
W (Stanislaus, Yolo)
Host/habitat.
Chrysopa
sp.
spp.
Remarks.
A specimen determined as “sp. nr.
axillaris
” (
Timberlake 1919c
), was recorded from
Chrysopa nigricornis
in Contra Costa County (EMEC), and what appear to be undescribed species near
atriventris
(
Ashmead 1900
) were collected on aphid-infested
Pinus sabiniana
in Calaveras County and
Liriodendron tulipifera
(Magnoliaceae)
in Stanislaus County (both RLZC).