Species Encarsia citrina (Craw, 1891)

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• Coccophagus citrinus Craw, A. 1891. Internal parasites discovered in the San Gabriel Valley; recommendations and notes. Bull. Calif. St. Bd Hortic. Div. Entomol. Destr. Insects 57: 25, 28 [26].

  Type data:

   Neotype USNM ♀, San Gabriel Valley, California, USA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  DeBach, P. & Rose, M. 1981. A new genus and species of Aphelinidae with some synonymies, a rediagnosis of Aspidiotiphagus and a key to pentamerous and heteromerous Prospaltellinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 83: 658-679 (New species, generic placement queried, Neotype designation).
• Aspidiotiphagus australiensis Girault, A.A. 1913. Some chalcidoid Hymenoptera from North Queensland. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79(6): 70-90 [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T1727 ♀, Nelson (= Gordonvale, Cairns), QLD.
• Prospaltoides howardi Brèthes, J. 1914. Les ennemis de la Diaspis pentagona dans la République Argentina. Nunquam Otiosus (Dresden) 1914: 1-16 [13].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Argentina.
• Aspidiotiphagus schoeversi Smits van Burgst, C.A.L. 1915. A minute hymenopteron Aspidiotiphagus schoeversi n. sp. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 58: 292-295 [293].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Gouda, The Netherlands.
• Aspidiotiphagus severiniellus Ghesquière, J. 1933. Sur Diaspis visci (Schr. ) Loew. et deux de ses parasites nouveaux pour la faune Belge. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 73: 343-349 [346].

  Type data:

   Holotype IRSNB ♀, Anhée, Belgium.
• Aspidiotiphagus silwoodensis Alam, S.M. 1956. The taxonomy of some British aphelinid parasites (Hymenoptera) of scale insects (Coccoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 108: 357-384 [360].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Silwood Park, Ascot, England.
• Aspidiotiphagus cyanophylli Alam, S.M. 1956. The taxonomy of some British aphelinid parasites (Hymenoptera) of scale insects (Coccoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 108: 357-384 [362].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Kew Gardens, London, England.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brèthes, J. 1916. Hyménoptères parasites de l'Amérique méridionale. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 27: 401-430 [429] (Prospaltoides howardi Brèthes as synonym of Aspidiotiphagus citrinus (Craw))
• Mercet, R.G. 1930. Los aphelínidos de España. Revista de Biologia Forestal y Limnologia Ser. B 2(2): 29–106 [69] (Aspidiotiphagus schoeversi Smits van Burgst as synonym of Encarsia citrinus (Craw))
• Ferrière, C. 1965. Hymenoptera Aphelinidae d'Europe et du Bassin Mediterranéen. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen 1: 206 pp. [149-150] (Aspidiotiphagus cyanophilli Alam, Aspidiotiphagus severiniellus Ghesquière and Aspidiotiphagus silwoodensis Alam as synonyms of Encarsia citrinus (Craw))
• Hayat, M. 1989. Notes on some species of Coccophagoides, Dirphys and Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Oriental Insects 23: 286-290 [289] (Aspidiotiphagus australiensis Girault as synonym of Encarsia citrina (Craw))

 

Generic Combinations

• Encarsia citrina (Girault, 1891) Riley, C.V.; Howard, L.O. —
  Riley, C.V.; Howard, L.O. 1891. Mr. Craw on the destructive insects of California. Insect Life 4: 167-168 [167-168] (New combination for Coccophagus citrinus Craw)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, SA: Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

History of changes

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