Zaomma Ashmead 1900

Hosts. Hyperparasitoid of Hemiptera: Asterolecaniidae, Conchaspididae, Diaspididae, Eriococcidae via Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae

lambinus (Walker 1838: 422) (Encyrtus)

Type. BMNH

Distribution. W (Alameda, Alpine, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Lassen, Marin, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Trinity, Yuba)

Host/habitat. Hyperparasitoid of Acutaspis paulista, Aspidiotus destructor, A. nerii, Asterodiaspis variolosa, Asterolecanium sp., Aulacaspis difficilis, A. rosae, Chionaspis alnus, C. salicis, Chrysomphalus aonidum, C. sp., Diaspidiotus juglansregiae, D . marani, D. ostreaeformis, D. perniciosus, D. prunorum, D. pyri, D. zonatus, Dynaspidiotus abietis, Er i ococcus spurius, Lepidosaphes conchiformis, L. malicola, L. tubulorum, L. ulmi, Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum, Phyllostroma myrtilli, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, via Aphytis mytilaspidis, Encarsia berlesei, Pseudhomalopoda prima, Thomsonica amathus

Remarks. Although Graham (1969) synonymized Chiloneurus microphagus Mayr, 1876 with Z. lambinus (under Apterencyrtus), Gordh (1979) continued to use the former name in the interest of stability.

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Remarks. A single specimen that represents another species was swept from Baccharis pilularis (Asteraceae) in San Mateo County (RLZC).