Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera)
Author
Zuparko, Robert L.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4017
1
1
126
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
086efdb4-44cf-4c0b-a796-1eb81f2cdd24
1175-5326
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Anusioptera
Brues 1910
[New state record]
Hosts.
Hemiptera
:
Pseudococcidae
koebeli
Trjapitzin 1997
: 668
[
New state record
](UCDC)
Type
.
BMNH
Distribution.
W (Imperial)
Host/habitat.
Unknown
Remarks.
The single specimen from California varies slightly from the original description in regard to the dimensions of the syntergite and color, but
Trjapitzin (1997)
noted a fair degree of variation between specimens from southern
Mexico
and the
USA
, and so I feel confident assigning this specimen to the species. The only other species in the genus,
A
.
aureocincta
Brues, 1910
, was imported into California (as “undescribed genus near
Leptomastix
”) for control of
Ferrisia virgata
, but died out in culture (
DeBach & Warner 1969
). However, I have seen a single specimen of that species from Baja California (UCRC), and it seems likely that it will eventually be found in California as well.