Species Encarsia elegans Masi, 1911
- Encarsia elegans Masi, L. 1911. Contribuzioni alla conoscenza dei Calcididi italiani. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scoula Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 5: 140-171 [147].
Type data:
Holotype DEZAP ♀, Catanzaro, Italy. - Encarsia bifasciafacies Hayat, M. 1989. A revision of the species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from India and the adjacent countries. Oriental Insects 23: 1-131 [58].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Huang, J.; Polaszek, A. 1998. A revision of the Chinese species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae): parasitoids of whiteflies, scale insects and aphids (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae, Diaspididae, Aphidoidea). Aphidoidea). Journal of Natural History 32: 1825-1966 [1867-1869] (Encarsia bifasciafacies Hayat as synonym of Encarsia elegans Masi)
Distribution
Recorded from "Australia".
Extra Distribution Information
Parasitoid of whitefly
Introduced.
Distribution References
- Schmidt, S. & Polaszek, A. 2007. The Australian species of Encarsia Forster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) and armoured scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Journal of Natural History 41(33-36): 2099-2265 [2162]
Ecological Descriptors
Hosts: Aleurocanthus(?) husaini, Aleurolobus marlatti, Aleurolobus niloticus, Aleurolobus olivinus, Aleurolobus orientalis, Aleurolobus rhododendri, Aleurolobus nr. niloticus, Siphoninus sp. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae); Aonidiella orientalis?, Chloropulvinaria(?) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
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 | 22-Oct-2018 | MODIFIED | Karin Koch |
| 23-Mar-2015 | CHALCIDOIDEA | 23-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2012 | ADDED |