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 Charitopus Förster 1856 spp. Remarks. An undescribed species was collected in Los Angeles County (UCRC). A second species that may be referrable to this genus was collected in Kern County (RLZC). Chrysoplatycerus Ashmead 1889 Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae ferrisi Timberlake 1922 : 6 Type . USNM Distribution. C (Calaveras, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Clara) Host/habitat. Anisococcus adenostomae , Phenacoccus gossypii Remarks. Hitherto known only from southern California, specimens from Calaveras and Santa Clara counties (RLZC) shows this species reaches well into northern California. splendens ( Howard 1888: 194 ) ( Rileya ) Type . USNM Distribution. W (Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba) Host/habitat. Dysmicoccus brevipes , D . ryani , Ferrisia virgata , Planococcus citri , P . ficus , Pseudococcus calceolariae , P . comstocki , P . longispinus , P . maritimus , P . viburni Remarks. Although this species was described from specimens collected in Los Angeles County in 1888, Essig (1911) stated that it “appears to be the same as one of the three introduced [into California] from the Philippine Islands by Compere.” Presumably, based on this observation Clausen (1915) reported that C . splendens had been “placed” in San Diego County following its introduction. However, Noyes (2000: 215) thought it probable that Essig misapplied this name to a species from the genus Taftia , which occurs in the Philippines and closely resemble the genus Chrysoplatycerus . Formicococcus njalensis is not a proven host (see Methods).