Species Encarsia sophia (Girault & Dodd, 1915)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Coccophagus sophia Girault, A. & Dodd, A.P. in Girault, A.A. 1915. Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea — The family Encyrtidae with descriptions of new genera and species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 4: 1-184 [49].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM T2926 ♀, Cairns, QLD.
• Prospaltella transvena Timberlake, P.H. 1926. New species of Hawaiian chalcid-flies (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 6: 305-320 [312].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 5690 ♀, Oahu, Hawaii, USA.
• Prospaltella sublutea Silvestri, F. 1931. Nuovi Campodeidae (Insecta, Thysanura) della regione australiana. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 25: 275-285 [20].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) IEA ♀, Duca (?), Somalia.
• Prospaltella bemisiae Ishii, T. 1938. Descriptions of six new species belonging to the Aphelinae from Japan. Kontyû 12: 27-32 [30].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♀ (NIAS), Mei-Ken, Japan.
• Prospaltella flava Shafee, S.A. 1973. Indian species of the genus Prospaltella Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Pakistan. Journal of Entomological Research (New Delhi) 6: 157-158 [254] [junior homonym; flavus Compere, 1936].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [90, 91] (Prospaltella flava Schafee and P. sublutea Silvestri as synonyms of Prospaltella transvena (Timberlake))
• Viggiani, G. 1994. Recent cases of interspecific competition between parasitoids of the family Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Norwegian Journal of Agricultural Sciences Supplement 16: 353-359 [355] (Prospaltella bemisiae (Ishii) as synonym of Encarsia transvena (Timberlake))
• Heraty, J.M. & Polaszek, A. 2000. Morphometric analysis and descriptions of selected species in the Encarsia strenua group (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9: 142-169 [Date published 5/05/2000] [163] (Prospaltella flava Shafee, P. sublutea Silvestri and P. transvena Timberlake as synonyms of Encarsia sophia (Girault & Dodd))

Generic Combinations

• Encarsia sophia (Girault & Dodd, 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 [24] (New combination for Coccophagus sophia Girault & Dodd)
• Encarsia transvena (Girault & Dodd, 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 [90-91] (New combination for Prospaltella transvena Timberlake)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Hosts: Acaulaleyrodes rhachipora, Aleurodicus dispersus, Aleurolobus nr niloticus, Aleyrodes hibisci, Bemisia tabaci, Dialeurodes citri, Parabemisia myricae, Pealius hibisci, Pealius longispinus, Trialeurodes ricini, Trialeurodes sonchi?, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae); Aphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae); Coccids? (Hemiptera: Coccidae); Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)

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