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 Metanotalia Mercet 1921 Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae maderensis ( Walker 1872: 116 ) ( Ectroma ) Type . BMNH Distribution. A (Alameda, Amador, Contra Costa, Glenn, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tulare) Host/habitat. Antonina purpurea , Phenacoccus madeirensis Remarks. Despite its small size, this is an easily recognized species, and since the mid 1990s, I have often swept it from grass in many areas throughout the state. However, the first published record of this species from California wasn’t until 1988 ( Noyes 1988b ), and the earliest record I found from the state was from Orange County (UCRC) in 1983, suggesting it is a relatively recent introduction. The species is probably Palearctic in origin, and now occurs in New Zealand as well as throughout the Holarctic region ( Noyes 2001 ). It may have been unintentionally introduced into southern California in a shipment of parasitized mealybugs from Taiwan in 1951 ( Zuparko 1995a ).