Species Encarsia boswelli (Girault, 1915)
- Coccophagus boswelli Girault, A.A. & Dodd, A.P. in Girault, A.A. 1915. Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea — VII. The family Encyrtidae with descriptions of new genera and species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 4: 1-184 [49].
Type data:
Holotype QM T2929 ♀, Cooktown, QLD. - Coccophagus filius Girault, A.A. & Dodd, A.P. in Girault, A.A. 1915. Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea — VII. The family Encyrtidae with descriptions of new genera and species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 4: 1-184 [48].
Type data:
Holotype QM T2924 ♀, Gordonvale, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Polaszek, A.; Hayat, M. 1990. Dirphys boswelli (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) an egg parasitoid of Plataspidae (Heteroptera). Journal of Natural History 24: 1-5 [1] (Coccophagus filius Girault as synonym of Coccophagus boswelli (Girault))
Generic Combinations
- Encarsia boswelli (Girault, 1915) Viggiani, G. —
Viggiani G. 1985. Additional notes and illustrations on some species of aphelinids described by A. A. Girault and A. P. Dodd in the genera Coccophagus Westwood, Encarsia Först. and Prospaltella Ashm. (Hym.: Chalcidoidea). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria 'Filippo Silvestri', Portici 42: 233-255 [237] (New combination for Coccophagus boswelli Girault)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
- Girault, A.A. 1915. Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea — VII. The family Encyrtidae with descriptions of new genera and species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 4: 1-184 [Date published 4/06/1915] [48-49]
- Polaszek, A.; Hayat, M. 1990. Dirphys boswelli (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) an egg parasitoid of Plataspidae (Heteroptera). Journal of Natural History 24: 1-5 [4]
Ecological Descriptors
Associates: Megacopta cribraria, Brachyplatys vahlii (Hemiptera: Plataspidae)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2020 | CHALCIDOIDEA | 23-Oct-2018 | MODIFIED | Karin Koch |
| 05-Mar-2012 | ADDED |