Moranila californica (Howard, 1881)

Uan, H Ui Xiao D A-Wei H, 2001, A review of Eunotinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) from China, Journal of Natural History 35, pp. 1587-1605 : 1594-1596

publication ID	1464-5262
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5275673
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E89B32-FFB9-FF8A-FE39-90DCFF5D37C9
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-08-26 19:02:36, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-04 22:15:10)
scientific name	Moranila californica
status

Treatment

Moranila californica View in CoL (H owa rd)

(gures 12–14)

Tomocera californica H oward, 1881: 352, 368–369.

Moranila testaceipes Cameron, 1883: 188–189 View in CoL . Synonymized by Howard, 1896: 165.

Tomocera ceroplastis Perkins, 1906: 75 View in CoL . Synonymized by Burks, 1978: 783.

Tomocera glabriventris Girault, 1915: 208 View in CoL . Synonymized by Burks, 1978: 783.

Tomocera X aviceps Girault, 1915: 208. Synonymized by Burks, 1978: 783.

Eunotomyi a festiva View in CoL M asi, 1917: 195–197. Synonymized by BoucÏek, 1988: 357.

Moranila californica View in CoL (H oward); Burks, in K rombein, 1958: 75. G raham, 1969: 70–71. M ani, 1989: 550–551. Berry, 1995: 33–35.

Material examined. China: Hainan, 22 May 1964, 2 3, from coccids on oak tree ( Quercus ?) (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Hainan, 2 April 1964, 10, on Engelhardtia colebrookiana Lindl , ex. Wall (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Hainan, 8 May 1964, 9, on oak tree ( Quercus ?) (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Hainan, Jianfengling , 28 July 1964, 1 3 (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Hebei, Xinglong , 30 M arch 1964, 3 3, from Coccus sp. (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Hebei, Xinglong , 31 March 1964, 1, from Rosanococcus sp. (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Yunnan, Jingdong , 4 May 1974, 1 (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Zhejiang, Hangzhou , 3 7, from Eriococcus sp. (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Anhui, 26 September 1965, 3 (Chen Tai-Lu) .

Biology. This species is mainly a parasitoid of scale insects, particularly Coccidae , and rarely as a hyperparasitoid through encyrtids. In China, this species was reared from coccids on oak tree and Rosanococcus sp. The known hosts are listed as follows: Asterolecaniidae : Asterolecanium pustulans (Cockerell) ; Coccidae : Ceroplastes ceriferus (F.), C. X oridensis (Comstock), C. rubens Maskell , C. rusci (L.); Coccus hesperidum L., Parasaissetia nigra Takahashi , Saissetia coOEeae (Walker), S. hemisphaerica (Targioni-Tozzetti) , S. oleae (Olivier) ; Pseudococcidae : Antonina bambusae (M askell).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan. China (Hainan, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Anhui and H ebei).

References

BERRY, J. A., 1995, Moranilini (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Fauna of New Zealand, 33, 79 pp.

BURKS, B. D., 1978, Families Pteromalidae, Eurytomidae, Chalcididae, Leucospididae, Eucharitidae, Eupelmidae, Eulophidae (etc.), in K. V. Krombein, P. D. Hurd, D. S. Smith, B. D. Burks et al., Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico (Smithsonian Institut e Press: Washington, D C), pp. 768 - 889.

CAMERON, P., 1883, Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1833, 187 - 197.

GIRAULT, A. A., 1915, Australian H ymenoptera Chalcidoidea - IX. The family Cleonymidae with descriptions of new genera and species, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 4, 203 - 224.

HOWARD, L. O., 1896, On two interesting new genera of scale insect parasites, Canadian Entomologist, 28 (6), 165 - 167.

PERKINS, R. C. L., 1906, Note on Tomocera, a genus of scale-bug parasites, with description of a new species. (Hymenoptera), Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 1, 75 - 76.

Copyright notice

No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Pteromalidae
Genus	Moranila