Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera)
Author
Zuparko, Robert L.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
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Zarhopalus
Ashmead 1900
Hosts.
Hemiptera
:
Pseudococcidae
corvinus
(
Girault 1915e: 169
) (
Anagyrella
)
Type
.
USNM
Distribution.
C (Alameda, Fresno, Kern, Merced, Riverside, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura)
Host/habitat.
Pseudococcus comstocki
,
P
.
maritimus
, P. sp.;
NEW
:
Anisococcus crawii
(UCRC)
Remarks.
Gordh (1979: 958) recorded this species from Quebec, which suggests it has a trans-Nearctic.
Distribution.
However, this species was introduced into Quebec (and elsewhere in
Canada
) from California in a biocontrol program against
P
.
maritimus
in greenhouses (
Burnett 1947
).
Burnett (1947)
reported it provided good control, and thus it may have successfully established there, but I have seen no confirmed reports of this.
inquisitor
(
Howard 1881
) (
Encyrtus
)
[
New state record
] (RLZC)
Type
. Lost
Distribution.
W (Contra Costa, Glenn, San Benito, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus)
Host/habitat.
Ferrisia virgata
,
Planococcus citri
Remarks.
Gahan (1927)
synonymized
Aphidencyrtus schizoneurae
(
Ashmead 1885
)
,
A
.
aphidiphagus
(
Ashmead 1887
)
,
A
.
megourae
(
Ashmead 1887
)
, and
A
.
websteri
(
Howard 1890
)
under
A
.
inquisitor
. In a later paper
Gahan (1930)
correctly placed these under
A
. (now
Syrphophagus
)
aphidivorus
(Mayr)
.
Ashmead (1887)
reported this species from a “
Lecanium
(=
Eulecanium
) sp. on pine”, which was probably a misidentification of a mealybug.
sheldoni
Ashmead 1900
: 406
Type
.
USNM
(lost)
Distribution.
N (Imperial, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura)
Host/habitat.
Phenacoccus
sp.,
Pseudococcus comstocki
,
P
.
longispinus
,
P
.
maritimus
;
NEW
:
Anisococcus crawii
,
Pseudococcus viburni
(UCRC),
Ferrisia virgata
(CSCA)
spp.
Remarks.
There are series of undetermined specimens from Alameda, Butte, Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Marin, Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties, swept from
Adenostoma fasciculatum
,
Arctostaphylos
sp. and
Juniperus californicus
(CSCA, RLZC, UCDC, UCFC, UCRC).