Species Encarsia perniciosi (Tower, 1913)
- Prospaltella perniciosi Tower, D.G. 1913. A new hymenopterous parasite on Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 6: 125-126 [Date published 16/04/1913] [125].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MSCM ♂; USNM ♀. - Prospaltella aurantii argentina De Santis, L. 1948. Estudio monográfico de los afelínidos de la República Argentina (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Revista del Museo de La Plata 5: 23-280 [238].
Type data:
Holotype MLP ♀, Fuerte General Roca, Argentina.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- De Santis, L. 1967. Catálogo de los Himenópteros Argentinos de la Serie Parasitica, incluyendo Bethyloidea. La Plata, Argentina : Comision de Investigacion Cientifica 337pp. [130] (Prospaltella aurantii argentina De Santis as synonym of Prospaltella perniciosi Tower)
Generic Combinations
- Encarsia perniciosi (Tower, 1913) Viggiani, G. —
Viggiani, G 1987. La specie italiane del genre Encarsia Foerster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria 'Filippo Silvestri', Portici 44: 121-179 [161-163] (As valid species)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Biological control agent
Introduced from America.
Distribution References
- McLaren, I.W. 1971. A comparison of the population growth potential in California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell), and yellow scale, A. citrina (Coquillet), on Citrus. Australian Journal of Zoology 189-204 [189-204]
- 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 [2216]
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 | |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |