Aenasius Walker 1846

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 54-55

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scientific name	Aenasius Walker 1846
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Treatment

Aenasius Walker 1846 View in CoL View at ENA

Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae

arizonensis ( Girault 1915b: 280) (Chalcaspis) View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. N (Imperial, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Tulare) Host/habitat. Phenacoccus solenopsis

flandersi Kerrich 1967: 204 View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. W (San Diego)

Host/habitat. Ferrisia virgata , Phenacoccus gossypii , P. herreni , P. madeirensis maplei Compere 1937: 397

Type. USNM

Distribution. W (Ventura)

Host/habitat. Puto yuccae

Remarks. Noyes (2001) cites Compere (1937) in reporting A. maplei from Brazil, when in fact, Compere (pp. 390, 397–398) records this species only from California. The erroneous mention of Brazil for A. maplei probably stems from the next species treated by Compere, A. brasiliensis (Mercet) (pg. 398).

phenacocci ( Ashmead 1902: 301) (Blepyrus) View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. N (Colusa, Imperial, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Ventura)

Host/habitat. Phenacoccus solani , P. solenopsis

Remarks. Formicococcus njalensis is not a proven host (see Methods). A series of specimens from Riverside County identified as A. sp. nr. phenacocci was reared from Heliococcus atriplicis (UCRC).

spp.

Remarks. Specimens which may represent one or more undescribed species have been collected from Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Inyo, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Mono, Monterey, Orange, Placer, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Siskiyou, Tehama, Tulare and Ventura counties (CSCA, EMEC, LACM, RLZC, SBMN, UCFC, USNM).

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1902) The hymenopterous parasites of Phenacoccus cavalliae, Ckll. The Canadian Entomologist, 34, 301 - 302. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 34301 - 11

Compere, H. (1937) The species of Aenasius, encyrtid parasites of mealybugs. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 9, 383 - 404.

Girault, A. A. (1915 b) New chalcidoid Hymenoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 8, 279 - 284. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 8.3.279

Kerrich, G. J. (1967) On the classification of the anagyrine Encyrtidae, with a revision of some of the genera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 20, 143 - 250.

Noyes, J. S. (2001) Interactive catalogue of world Chalcidoidea, Taxapad CD. Vancouver, Canada.

Walker, F. (1846) Characters of undescribed Chalcites. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 17, 177 - 185. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 037454809495585