Psyllaephagus Ashmead 1900

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 48-49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6117021

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87E4-FFAB-436B-FF02-C24D8C5AF866

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scientific name

Psyllaephagus Ashmead 1900
status

 

Psyllaephagus Ashmead 1900 View in CoL View at ENA

Hosts. Hemiptera : Aphalaridae , Psyllidae , Triozidae

bliteus Riek 1962: 722 View in CoL Type. ANIC

Distribution. E (Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, Central Coastal area, southern California coastal and inland areas)

Host/habitat. Creiis costatus , Glycaspis brimblecombei , G. sp.

Remarks. This species was imported from Australia and released in California in a biocontrol program against Glycaspis brimblecombei on Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae) in 2000 and immediately established ( Dahlsten et al. 2003; Daane et al. 2005). Further releases resulted in establishment throughout the Central Valley and coastal areas of central and southern California, with pest suppression more effective in the cooler, coastal areas ( Dahlsten et al. 2008). It appears to be a very vagile species, as I have collected it in two sites that appear to have no Eucalyptus species in the immediate vicinity.

brachiatus Riek 1962: 726 View in CoL [New state record](RLZC)

Type. ANIC

Distribution. E (Alameda, Contra Costa)

Host/habitat. Cardiaspina fiscella , Glycaspis sp.

Remarks. I collected a single male that appeared referable to this species, from low roadside vegetation near a Eucalyptus camaldulensis heavily infested with Glycaspis brimblecombei in Oakland in June 2015. A month later, I found a number of males on several tree species at the peak of Mt. Diablo, about 27 kilometers east of the Oakland site. This species was never intentionally imported into California and presumably was accidentally introduced along with the tree and the psyllid, which, if proved, would be a new host record. This species is known only from males, but I collected a series of undetermined females from the E. camaldulensis that I suspect are conspecific.

pachypsyllae ( Howard 1885: 15) (Encyrtus) View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. N (Imperial, San Bernardino)

Host/habitat. Pachypsylla celtidisgemma , P. celtidisvesicula , P. venusta , Trioza beameri

parvus Riek 1962: 749 View in CoL

Type. ANIC

Distribution. E (Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego)

Host/habitat. Eucalyptolyma maideni , Spondyliaspis sp.

Remarks. This species had been imported from Australia in a biocontrol project against E. maideni , but before it was released it was found to have already been adventitiously established ( Jones et al. 2011).

perplexus Riek 1962: 750 View in CoL

Type. ANIC

Distribution. E (Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego) Host/habitat. Cryptoneossa triangula , Eucalyptolyma sp. Remarks. Jones et al. (2011) reported this species (mistakenly as Psyllaephagus perplexans Cockerell ) has established in California adventitiously.

pilosus Noyes 1988b: 105 View in CoL

Type. NZAC

Distribution. E (Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Monterey, Orange, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Sacramento, Sonoma, Ventura)

Host/habitat. Ctenarytaina eucalypti ; NEW: C. spatulata (UCDC)

Remarks. Imported from New Zealand and Australia in a biocontrol program against Ctenarytaina eucalypti , this species was released in several sites in California in 1993, and immediately established ( Dahlsten et al. 1998).

spp.

Remarks. In addition those species listed above, I have seen specimens that appear to represent an additional 15 morphospecies present in the state (CSCA, EMEC, RLZC, UCDC, UCFC, UCRC).

ANIC

Australian National Insect Collection

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Encyrtidae

Loc

Psyllaephagus Ashmead 1900

Zuparko, Robert L. 2015
2015
Loc

pilosus

Noyes 1988: 105
1988
Loc

bliteus

Riek 1962: 722
1962
Loc

brachiatus

Riek 1962: 726
1962
Loc

parvus

Riek 1962: 749
1962
Loc

perplexus

Riek 1962: 750
1962
Loc

pachypsyllae (

Howard 1885: 15
1885
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