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 245475 BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A Ammonoencyrtus De Santis 1964 Hosts. Hyperparasitoid of Hemiptera : Coccidae via Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae californicus ( Compere 1925: 304 ) ( Eusemion ) Type . USNM Distribution. C (Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura , southern San Joaquin Valley ) Host/habitat. Hyperparasitoid of Ceroplastes cirripediformis , Coccus hesperidum , Saissetia oleae via Metaphycus lounsburyi , Microterys nietneri ; NEW : Eulecanium kunoense (EMEC), Parthenolecanium corni , P . quercifex , Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (UCRC) Remarks. This species was first referred to by Timberlake (1913) as “ Eusemion n. sp. ”. A specimen from Contra Costa County (EMEC), reported from E . kunoense , is placed here, although it lacks the characteristic dark color of A . californicus (possibly from being stored in alcohol for several years). Bernal et al. (2001) reported this species on citrus ( Rutaceae ) from the southern San Joaquin Valley (Fresno, Kern and Tulare counties) without specifying exactly which county this species occurred in. They also reared this species from a batch of Coccus pseudomagnoliarum , noting that the exact host still needs to be confirmed.