Prochiloneurus Silvestri 1915

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 47

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scientific name	Prochiloneurus Silvestri 1915
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Prochiloneurus Silvestri 1915 View in CoL View at ENA

Hosts. Hyperparasitoid of Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae via Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae

dactylopii ( Howard 1885: 17) (Chiloneurus) View in CoL [new state record] (RLZC, UCRC)

Type. USNM

Distribution. W (Alameda, Contra Costa, Glenn, Imperial, Marin, Orange, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura)

Host/habitat. Hyperparasitoid of Ferrisia virgata , Phenacoccus manihoti , P. solenopsis , P. sp., Planococcus citri , Pseudococcus comstocki , P. sp., Puto barberi via Anagyrus diversicornis , A. lopezi , Leptomastix dactylopii and Zarhopalus putophilus .

Remarks. De Santis (1980) reported Coccus viridis and Chrysopa sp. as hosts for this species, evidently based on Parker et al. (1953), but the latter paper simply reported that P. dactylopii was reared from a lot containing (principally) Coccus viridis and some Chrysopa cocoons—there is no conclusive evidence it emerged from either of these taxa. However, De Santis & Fidalgo (1994) reported a single female of this species had emerged from the pupa of a Sympherobius sp. ( Neuroptera : Hemerobiidae ) collected in Chile—a record which, in my opinion, needs to be confirmed. A specimen from Orange County (UCRC) was labeled as “working on C. citrophilus ” (probably = Pseudococcus calceolariae ). Several specimens from Alameda, Contra Costa, Glenn, Imperial, Santa Barbara and Santa Clara counties appear to be intermediate between P. dactylopii and P. modestus (RLZC, UCDC).

modestus ( Timberlake 1924: 240) (Achrysopophagus)

Type. USNM

Distribution. C (Fresno, Orange, Riverside, Tulare, Yuba)

Host/habitat. Hyperparasitoid of Pseudococcus maritimus via Anagyrus yuccae and Zarhopalus corvinus ; NEW: P. comstocki (UCRC)

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Remarks. Specimens that appear to represent three undescribed species have been collected from Alameda, Marin, San Bernardino and Santa Barbara counties (EMEC, RLZC, SBMN, UCRC).

References

De Santis, L. (1980) Catalogo de los Himenopteros Brasilenos de la serie parasitica incluyendo Bethyloidea. Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, 395 pp. [Brasil]

Parker, H. L., Berry, P. A. & Silveira Guido, A. (1953) Host-parasite and parasite lists of insects reared in the South American Parasite Laboratory during the period 1940 - 46. Revista de la Asociacion (Federacion) Rural del Uruguay (Ingenieros Agronomos), 92, 1 - 101.

De Santis, L. & Fidalgo, P. (1994) Catalogo de Himenopteros Calcidoideos. Serie de la

Howard, L. O. (1885) Descriptions of North American Chalcididae from the collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and of Dr. C. V. Riley, with biological notes. [First paper]. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, 5, 1 - 47.

Silvestri, F. (1915) Contributo all conoscenza degli insetti dell'olivo dell'Eritrea e dell'Africa meridionalei. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura, Portici, 9, 240 - 334.

Timberlake, P. H. (1924) The parasites of Pseudococcus maritimus (Ehrhorn) in California (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Part I. Taxonomic studies. University of California Publications in Entomology, 3, 223 - 251.