Anusioptera Brues 1910

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 57

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6117061
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87E4-FFBC-4363-FF02-C12389F3F9DF
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scientific name	Anusioptera Brues 1910
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Treatment

Anusioptera Brues 1910 View in CoL [New state record]

Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae

koebeli Trjapitzin 1997: 668 View in CoL [New state record](UCDC)

Type. BMNH

Distribution. W (Imperial)

Host/habitat. Unknown

Remarks. The single specimen from California varies slightly from the original description in regard to the dimensions of the syntergite and color, but Trjapitzin (1997) noted a fair degree of variation between specimens from southern Mexico and the USA, and so I feel confident assigning this specimen to the species. The only other species in the genus, A. aureocincta Brues, 1910 , was imported into California (as “undescribed genus near Leptomastix ”) for control of Ferrisia virgata , but died out in culture ( DeBach & Warner 1969). However, I have seen a single specimen of that species from Baja California (UCRC), and it seems likely that it will eventually be found in California as well.

References

Brues, C. T. (1910) Some parasitic Hymenoptera from Vera Cruz, Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 28, 79 - 85.

DeBach, P. & Warner, S. (1969) Importation and colonization of natural enemies of the striped mealybug, Ferrisia virgata, in California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 62, 1117 - 1119. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 62.5.1117

Trjapitzin, V. A. (1997) A new species of the encyrtid genus Anusioptera Brues (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from the USA and Mexico. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 76, 666 - 670.