Ammonoencyrtus De Santis 1964

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 13

Ammonoencyrtus De Santis 1964

Hosts. Hyperparasitoid of Hemiptera : Coccidae via Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae

californicus ( Compere 1925: 304) (Eusemion)

Type. USNM

Distribution. C (Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura , southern San Joaquin Valley)

Host/habitat. Hyperparasitoid of Ceroplastes cirripediformis , Coccus hesperidum , Saissetia oleae via Metaphycus lounsburyi , Microterys nietneri ; NEW: Eulecanium kunoense (EMEC), Parthenolecanium corni , P. quercifex , Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (UCRC)

Remarks. This species was first referred to by Timberlake (1913) as “ Eusemion n. sp. ”. A specimen from Contra Costa County (EMEC), reported from E. kunoense , is placed here, although it lacks the characteristic dark color of A. californicus (possibly from being stored in alcohol for several years). Bernal et al. (2001) reported this species on citrus ( Rutaceae ) 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.