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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Oobius
Trjapitzin 1963
Hosts.
Coleoptera
:
Buprestidae
,
Cerambycidae
;
Diptera
:
Asilidae
buprestidis
Gordh & Trjapitzin 1981
: 7
(
Avetianella
)
[
New state record
](EMEC, RLZC, UCF)
Type
. USNM
Distribution.
N (Contra Costa, El Dorado, Lassen, Los Angeles, Tuolumne)
Host/habitat.
Buprestus aurulentus
Remarks.
This species was previously known from only one site in Oregon (
Gordh & Trjapitsin 1981
).
dahlsteni
(
Trjapitzin 1971
): 507 (
Avetianella
)
Type
.
CAS
Distribution.
C (El Dorado, Madera, Siskiyou)
Host/habitat.
The host is unknown, but specimens were collected in bark beetle traps on
Pinus lambertina
.
longoi
(
Siscaro 1992
)
: 206 (
Avetianella
)
Type
.
IAEC
Distribution.
E (Riverside, San Diego)
Host/habitat.
Coptocercus aberrans
,
Epithora dorsalis
,
Phoracantha semipunctata
Remarks.
Imported from
Australia
in a biocontrol program directed against
P
.
semipunctata
. This species was released from
1993–1995
in
San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Santa
Barbara, Fresno
& Santa Clara counties; it established immediately at several sites, and became an effective natural enemy of the beetle (
Hanks
et al.
1996
).
nearctica
(
Trjapitzin 1977
)
: 160 (
Szelenyiola
)
Type
.
EMEC
Distribution.
C (El Dorado)
Host/habitat.
Unknown
Remarks.
According to the original description, the
holotype
was to be deposited at EMEC, but instead it was placed at the USNM.
In 2010
the specimen was indeed placed in the EMEC.
spp.
Remarks.
Gordh (1979) reported two undetermined species from California (one under the genus
Avetianella
). Specimens that may represent six undescribed species were collected in Alpine, Contra Costa, Imperial, Marin, Nevada, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Shasta, Solano, Tuolumne and Ventura counties (EMEC, LACM, RLZC, UCFC, UCDC, UCRC).