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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Coccidoctonus
Crawford 1912
Hosts.
Hyperparasitoid of
Hemiptera
:
Asterolecaniidae
,
Coccidae
via
Hymenoptera
:
Aphelinidae
,
Encyrtidae
,
Pteromalidae
dubius
(
Girault 1915a: 102
) (
Rhopalencyrtoidea
)
Type
. QM
Distribution.
E (Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Ventura)
Host/habitat.
Hyperparasitoid of
Coccus hesperidum
,
C. viridis
,
Parasaissetia nigra
,
Russellaspis pustulans
,
Saissetia coffeae
,
S
.
oleae
via
Anicetus beneficus
;
Coccophagus ceroplastae
,
C. merceti
,
Encyrtus infelix
,
Metaphycus lounsburyi
,
M. varius
,
Microterys nietner
i,
Moranila californica
,
Scutellista caerulea
Remarks.
This species, referred to in the literature as
Quaylea whittieri
(
Girault 1918
)
, was imported from
Australia
in 1901 under the mistaken belief it was a primary parasitoid of
S
.
oleae
. One synonym (and
nomen nudum
) of
C
.
dubius
is
Hemencyrtus crawii
Craw. Girault
has been mistakenly attributed as the author of this name, but it was Ashmead who devised the name (without description), which was first published in Craw’s (1902) report.
Essig (1926)
considered this species to be the chief factor in reducing the efficiency of
S
.
caerulea
and
M
.
lounsburyi
attacking
S
.
oleae
in southern California.
Bernal
et al.
(2001)
reported this species on citrus 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.
Coelopencyrtus
Timberlake 1919b
Hosts.
Hymenoptera
:
Apidae
,
Colletidae
hylaeoleter
Burks 1958a
: 24
Type
.
USNM
Distribution.
N (Alameda, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Yolo)
Host/habitat.
Ceratina acantha
,
C
.
punctigena
,
C
. sp.,
Hylaeus ellipticus
,
Hylaeus
sp.
Remarks.
Daly
et al.
(1967)
reported that the undetermined
Ceratina
species was either
C
.
acantha
or
C
.
nanula
Cockerell
, but no adult bees were available for the specific identification.
spp.
Remarks.
Specimens that may represent undescribed species were collected from Contra Costa (EMEC, RLZC), Los Angeles (LACM), Marin (RLZC), San Diego (CSCA), and Mono and Siskiyou (USNM) counties.