Zarhopalus Ashmead 1900

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 64-65

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scientific name	Zarhopalus Ashmead 1900
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Zarhopalus Ashmead 1900 View in CoL

Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae

corvinus ( Girault 1915e: 169) (Anagyrella) View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. C (Alameda, Fresno, Kern, Merced, Riverside, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura)

Host/habitat. Pseudococcus comstocki , P. maritimus , P. sp.; NEW: Anisococcus crawii (UCRC)

Remarks. Gordh (1979: 958) recorded this species from Quebec, which suggests it has a trans-Nearctic.

Distribution. However, this species was introduced into Quebec (and elsewhere in Canada) from California in a biocontrol program against P. maritimus in greenhouses ( Burnett 1947). Burnett (1947) reported it provided good control, and thus it may have successfully established there, but I have seen no confirmed reports of this.

inquisitor ( Howard 1881) (Encyrtus) [New state record] (RLZC)

Type. Lost

Distribution. W (Contra Costa, Glenn, San Benito, Santa Clara, Solano, Stanislaus)

Host/habitat. Ferrisia virgata , Planococcus citri

Remarks. Gahan (1927) synonymized Aphidencyrtus schizoneurae ( Ashmead 1885) , A. aphidiphagus ( Ashmead 1887) , A. megourae ( Ashmead 1887) , and A. websteri ( Howard 1890) under A. inquisitor . In a later paper Gahan (1930) correctly placed these under A. (now Syrphophagus ) aphidivorus (Mayr) . Ashmead (1887) reported this species from a “ Lecanium (= Eulecanium ) sp. on pine”, which was probably a misidentification of a mealybug.

sheldoni Ashmead 1900: 406 View in CoL

Type. USNM (lost)

Distribution. N (Imperial, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura) Host/habitat. Phenacoccus sp., Pseudococcus comstocki , P. longispinus , P. maritimus ; NEW: Anisococcus crawii , Pseudococcus viburni (UCRC), Ferrisia virgata (CSCA)

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Remarks. There are series of undetermined specimens from Alameda, Butte, Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Marin, Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties, swept from Adenostoma fasciculatum , Arctostaphylos sp. and Juniperus californicus (CSCA, RLZC, UCDC, UCFC, UCRC).

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1885) Studies on North American Chalcididae, with descriptions of new species from Florida. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 12, x - xix.

Ashmead, W. H. (1887) Studies on the North American Chalcididae, with descriptions of new species, chiefly from Florida. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 14, 183 - 203.

Ashmead, W. H. (1900) On the genera of the chalcid-flies belonging to the subfamily Encyrtinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 22, 323 - 412. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.22 - 1202.323

Burnett, T. (1947) Biological control of greenhouse insects in Canada. 29 th Report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants, 1943 - 1944, 84 - 86.

Gahan, A. B. (1927) Miscellanous descriptions of new parasitic Hymenoptera with some synonymical notes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 71, 1 - 39. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.71 - 2676.1

Gahan, A. B. (1930) Synonymical and descriptive notes on parasitic Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 77, 1 - 12. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.77 - 2831.1

Girault, A. A. (1915 e) New genera of chalcidoid Hymenoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 23, 165 - 173.

Howard, L. O. (1881) Report of the parasites of Coccidae in the collections of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Part III. In: Comstock, J. H. (Ed.), Report of the entomologist for 1880. United States Department of Agriculture (Entomology), Washington, pp. 350 - 372.

Howard, L. O. (1890) Some new parasites of the grain plant louse. Insect Life, 2, 246 - 248.