Tachinaephagus Ashmead 1904

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6117037
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scientific name	Tachinaephagus Ashmead 1904
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Tachinaephagus Ashmead 1904 View in CoL View at ENA

Hosts. Diptera : Calliphoridae , Fanniidae , Muscidae , Sarcophagidae , Stratiomyiidae, Ulidiidae

zealandicus Ashmead 1904: 304 View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. E (Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz)

Host/habitat. Bercaea cruentata , Calliphora augur , Calliphora quadrimaculata , Calliphora stygia , Calliphora vicina , Chrysomya cloropyga , Chrysomya megacephala , Chrysomya rufifacies , Chrysomya varipes , Chrysomya sp., Fannia canicularis , Haematobia exigua , Oxysarcodexia varia , Phaenicia sericata , Lucilia cuprina , Lucilia sp., Microchrysa sp., Musca domestica , Musca sorbens , Musca sp., Muscina stabulans , Muscina sp., Protocalliphora sp., Sarcophaga aurifrons , Sarcophaga impatiens , Sarcophaga sp., Stomoxys calcitrans , Tritoxa flexa

Remarks. This species was imported from Australia in a biological control program against several species, including Phaenicia sericata , Musca domestica , Stomoxys calcitrans and Fannia canicularis in the 1960s ( Legner 1978). Bercaea haemorroidalis , noted as a host in Noyes (2001), is a junior synonym of B. cruentata .

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1904) Classification of the chalcid flies or the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America by Herbert H. Smith. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 1, 225 - 551. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10341

Legner, E. F. (1978) Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae. In: Clausen, C. P. (Ed.), Introduced parasites and predators of arthropod pests and weeds: a world review. Agriculture Handbook 480. Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, pp. 335 - 338, 346 - 355.

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