Leptomastix Förster 1856

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 61

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scientific name	Leptomastix Förster 1856
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Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae

dactylopii Howard 1885: 23 View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. E (San Luis Obispo, Ventura)

Host/habitat. Delottococcus quaesitus , D. proteae , Dysmicoccus brevipes , Ferrisia virgata , Formicococcus njalensis , Nipaecoccus viridis , Phenacoccus gossypii , P. hargreavesi , P. maderiensis , P. saccharifolii , P. solani , Planococcus aemulor , P. citri , P. ficus , P. kenyae , P. kraunhiae , P. lilacinus , P. minor , P. vovae , P. sp., Pseudococcus calceolariae , P. comstocki . P. concavocerarii , P. longispinus , P. maritimus , P. occiduus , P. viburni , P. sp.; NEW: Dysmicoccus ryani (UCRC)

Remarks. This species was imported from Brazil and released in a biocontrol program against P. citri in southern California in 1935, but apparently established only in the central coastal area of California ( Bartlett 1978c), where it was found 80 years later (Daane et al. 2008).

References

Bartlett, B. R. (1978 c) Pseudococcidae. 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. 137 - 170.

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

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.