Anagrus ( Anagrus ) epos Girault , 1911

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Anagrus ( Anagrus) epos Girault, 1911

Anagrus epos Girault, 1911 [96]: 292. Lectotype ♀ (INHS), designated by Frison, 1927: 227. TL: USA, Illinois, Centralia. Ackerman, 1919: 28 (hosts, distribution, economics) [likely misidentification of A. atomus (Triapitsyn 1998) ]; Girault, 1929 [428]: 9 (key); Ackerman & Isely, 1931: 33 (host, distribution); McConnell, 1931: 561 (host, distribution); Moulton, 1932: 749 (host, distribution); Gould & Geissler, 1940: 815 (host, distribution); Brimley, 1942: 34 (list); Cox, 1942: 700 (host, distribution); Jones et al., 1946: 772 (effect of DDT, distribution); Peck, 1951, 415 (catalogue); Mulla & Madsen, 1955: 476 (host, distribution); Mulla, 1957: 86 (host); Thompson, 1958: 567 (host catalogue); Peck, 1963: 37 (catalogue); Burks, 1967: 215 (catalogue); Madsen & Morgan, 1975: 13 (host, distribution); Gordh & Dunbar, 1977: 86 (key), 92 (description); Flaherty et al., 1978: 17 (integrated control); Burks, 1979: 1022 (catalogue); Kido, 1980: 25 (alternative host); Webb, 1980: 118 ( lectotype listed); Kido et al., 1983: 4 (host, biological control); Kido et al., 1984: 31 (host, biological control); Settle et al., 1986: 31 (biological control); Davidson & Lyon, 1987: 483 (host); Meyerdirk & Moratorio, 1987b: 362 (percent parasitism); Wells et al., 1988: 45 (biological control); Cerutti & Delucchi, 1989: 247 (mention); Cerutti et al., 1989: 254 (mention); Pitcairn et al., 1990: 2372 (searching efficiency); Settle & Wilson, 1990a: 1462 (parasitism, competition); Settle & Wilson, 1990b: 878 (behavior, differential parasitism); Yoshimoto, 1990: 44 (list); Boivin, 1994: 222 (overwintering strategy); Trjapitzin, 1995: 250 (= sp. A and B) [previous misidentifications discussed; see under A. daanei and A. erythroneurae , respectively, and under A. avalae ]; Corbett & Rosenheim, 1996a: 156 (overwintering refuges); Murphy et al., 1996: 495 (abundance in vineyards); Zimmerman et al., 1996: 344 (percent parasitism, distribution) [probably a misidentification of A. vulneratus Triapitsyn (Triapitsyn et al. (2010)]; Triapitsyn, 1998: 82 (key), 100 (description, hosts, distribution); Murphy et al., 1998: 227 (habitat diversification); Nicholls et al., 2000: 109 (abundance); Williams III & Martinson, 2000: 139 (hosts, overwintering sites); Martinson et al., 2001: 227 (insecticide and fungicide toxicity); Nicholls et al., 2001: 134 (distribution, abundance); Hambäck & Björkman, 2002: 1593 (effect on host competition); Hoddle & Triapitsyn, 2004b: 343 (host and factitious host); Morse, 2005: 371 (laboratory culture and release); Morse & Stouthamer, 2005: 373 (host, quarantine rearing); Triapitsyn, 2005: 392 (key); Morse, 2006: 92 (laboratory culture and release); Morse & Stouthamer, 2006: 95 (molecular identification); Triapitsyn, 2006: 4 (key), 7 (description, hosts, lab. rearing); Bernal et al., 2007: 67 (importation from MN); Morse & Stouthamer, 2007: 94 (molecular identification); Krugner et al., 2008b: 440 (host specificity); Krugner et al., 2009: 122 (laboratory production); Triapitsyn, 2011b: 17 (mention); Triapitsyn, 2013c: 293 (host, poor success in biocontrol); Daane et al., 2018: 198 (overwintering habitats).

Anagrus epos “ Minnesota strain”: Morse & Stouthamer, 2005: 373 (hosts).

Anagrus ( Anagrus) epos: Chiappini et al., 1996: 558 (key), 576 (description); Triapitsyn et al., 2010: 5 (key), 9 (description, distribution, hosts); Triapitsyn, 2015b: 12 (key), 31 (description, distribution).

Nearctic hosts. Cicadellidae : Cuerna fenestella Hamilton , Erythroneura comes (Say) [needs verification (Triapitsyn et al. (2010)], Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) [factitious host, laboratory rearing].

Distribution. USA: CA [introduced but not established], IL, KY?, MD?, MI?, MN, NC?, NM?, NY, PA?, VA?