Species Encarsia azimi Hayat, 1986
- Encarsia azimi Hayat, M. 1986. Family Aphelinidae. In Subba Rao, B.R. & Hayat, M. (eds) The Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of India and the adjacent countries. Part II. Oriental Insects 20: 143-171, 310 [Date published 31/03/1986] [160] [replacement name; Trichaporus indicus Azim & Shafee, 1980].
- Trichaporus indicus Azim, M.N. & Shafee, S.A. 1980. Indian species of the genus Trichaporus Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 76: 335-338 [335] [junior homonym].
Type data:
Holotype ♀ (ZDAMU), Tamil Nadu, Ootacamund, India.Secondary source:
Hayat, M. 1986. Family Aphelinidae. In Subba Rao, B.R. & Hayat, M. (eds) The Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of India and the adjacent countries. Part II. Oriental Insects 20: 143-171, 310 [Date published 31/03/1986] [160] (Junior secondary homonym of Encarsia indica (Shafee). No reference found for synonymy with Encarsia azimi Hayat). - Encarsia adrianae Lopez-Avila, A. 1987. Two new species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Pakistan, associated with the cotton whitefly, B. tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 77: 25-430 [425].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hayat, M. 1998. Aphelinidae of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): a taxonomic revision. Memoirs on Entomology, International 13: 1-422 [202-203] (Encarsia adrianae Lopez-Avila as synonym of Encarsia azimi Hayat)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced.
Distribution References
- De Barro, P.J.; Hart, P.J.; Morton, R. 2000. The biology of two Eretmocerus spp. (Haldeman) and three Encarsia spp. Forster and the potential control agents of Bemisia tabaci biotype B in Australia. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 94(1): 93-102 [94]
- Schmidt, S. & Naumann, I.D. in Schmidt, S., Naumann, I.D. & De Barro, P.J. 2001. Encarsia species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) of Australia and the Pacific Islands attacking Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) – a pictorial key and descriptions of four new species. Bulletin of Entomological Research 91: 369-387 [371]
- 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 [2134]
Ecological Descriptors
Associates: Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Hosts: Aleurolobus rhododendri, Aleyrodes atriplex, Bemisia tabaci, Dialeurodes fici, Dialeurodes piperis, Lipaleurodes sp., Odontaleyrodes rhododendri, Parabemisia myricae, Rhachisphora fici (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae); Thrips tabaci? (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
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 |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |