Discodes Förster 1856

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116912
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scientific name	Discodes Förster 1856
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Hosts. Hemiptera : Asterolecaniidae , Coccidae , Diaspididae , Eriococcidae , Pseudococcidae

arizonensis ( Howard 1898a 248) ( Phaenodiscus ) [New state record](UCRC) Type. USNM

Distribution. N (Imperial)

Host/habitat. Unknown

spp.

Remarks. Gordh (1979) reported an undescribed species of this genus from California and Washington that feeds on Planchonia arabidis Signoret. I have seen specimens that appear to represent seven morphospecies from Alpine, Butte, Contra Costa, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin, Riverside, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tuolumne and Yolo counties (CSCA, EMEC, RLZC, UCDC, UCFC, UCRC, USNM).

References

Forster, A. (1856) Hymenopterologische Studien. 2. Chalcidiae und Proctotrupii, Aachen, 152 pp.

Howard, L. O. (1898 a) On some new parasitic insects of the subfamily Encyrtinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21, 231 - 248. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1142.231