Aphycaspis Hoffer 1954

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 13

Aphycaspis Hoffer 1954 [New state record]

Hosts. Neuroptera : Coniopterygidae [New host record]

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Remarks. An undescribed species of this genus has been collected in Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Ventura counties (CSCA, RLZC, UCDC, UCFC, UCRC). One specimen from San Diego is noted as “ex Black scale sample twigs”, while a specimen from Orange County was reared from the larva of a coniopterygid (both UCRC). Aphycaspis is closely related to Homalotylus and Isodromus , both of which are also known as parasitoids of predators, so this new host record is not surprising. A single specimen collected in October from Stanislaus County (RLZC), represents a second new species.