Revision of Ceranisus and the related thrips-attacking entedonine genera (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) of the world Author Triapitsyn, Serguei V. text African Invertebrates 2005 2005-12-31 46 261 315 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.7909932 2305-2562 7909932 Ceranisus americensis (Girault, 1917) Thripoctenus americensis Girault, 1917 c : 448 . ( Type locality: Salt Lake City , Utah , USA ) Ceranisus americensis (Girault) : Peck 1963: 117; Loomans & van Lenteren 1995: 123, 125, 196; Triapitsyn & Headrick 1995: 236 , 237, 245, 247, 248 (designation of the lectotype and paralectotypes , redescription, illustrations of the female); Triapitsyn & Headrick 1996: 168–170 (description and illustrations of the male); Triapitsyn & Morse 2005: 74, 75. Diagnosis: Female. See Triapitsyn and Headrick (1995) . Male. See Triapitsyn and Headrick (1996). Material examined: Lectotype female and numerous paralectotype females in USNM ( Triapitsyn & Headrick 1995 ). Distribution: Argentina (Triapitsyn & Morse 2005), Canada ( Triapitsyn & Headrick 1995 ), Costa Rica , Guatemala , Mexico (Triapitsyn & Morse 2005), Panama ( Sakai 2001 ), and USA ; introduced into the Netherlands ( Loomans & Pákozdi 1996 ; Loomans 2003). Hosts: Mainly Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Loomans & van Lenteren 1995; Triapitsyn & Headrick 1995 ); also was artificially reared on several other species of Thripidae (Loomans & van Lenteren 1995; Loomans & Pákozdi 1996 ).