Parablastothrix Mercet 1917

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116997
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scientific name	Parablastothrix Mercet 1917
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Parablastothrix Mercet 1917 View in CoL

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae , Heliozelidae , Lyonetiidae , Nepticulidae

nearctica Miller 1965: 751 View in CoL

Type. CNC

Distribution. N (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma)

Host/habitat. Bucculatrix albertiella , Coptodisca powellella , C. sp., Obrussa sp., Phyllonorycter sandraella , Stigmella variella ; NEW: Cameraria sp., Nepticula rhamnicola , N. sp., Stigmella sp. (all EMEC)

Remarks. This species is a solitary parasitoid, which suggests it is monoembryonic, an unusual condition for a representative of the Copidosomatini, where this genus is placed ( Zuparko 1995b).

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Remarks. A single female, representing a species distinct from P. nearctica , was collected from a Salix sp. in Lassen County (RLZC). A male specimen undetermined to species was collected in Inyo County (UCDC).

References

Mercet, R. G. (1917) Encirtinos de Espana. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 17, 538 - 544.

Miller, C. D. F. (1965) A Nearctic species of Parablastothrix Mercet (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 97, 750 - 753. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 97750 - 7

Zuparko, R. L. (1995 b) Notes on Parablastothrix nearctica (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 97, 884 - 886.