Ooencyrtus Ashmead 1900

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 44-45

Ooencyrtus Ashmead 1900

Hosts. Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ; Hemiptera : Coreidae , Pentatomidae , Reduviidae , Scutelleridae ; Hymenoptera : Braconidae ; Diptera : Chloropidae ; Neuroptera : Chrysopidae ; Lepidoptera : Arctiidae , Lasiocampidae , Lymantriidae , Nymphalidae , Saturniidae , Sesiidae

californicus Girault 1917a: 22

Type. USNM

Distribution. N (Inyo, Riverside, Sacramento, Tulare)

Host/habitat. Anasa tristis , Pennisetia marginata

Remarks. Peck (1963: 428) questioned the host record of Pennisetia marginata reported by Johansen (1957), but I’m including it since other Ooencyrtus species have been reported as parasitoids of Lepidoptera . A species near to O. californicus has been collected from Alameda, Calaveras, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Solano, Stanislaus and Trinity counties (RLZC). The holotype female is mounted on a slide (USNM) and has been crushed into dozens of pieces. The antenna and one forewing are easily visible, but otherwise the rest of the specimen offers little opportunity to distinguish this species.

kuvanae ( Howard 1910: 3) (Schedius) [New state record] (CSCA)

Type. USNM

Distribution. W (Contra Costa, Riverside)

Host/habitat. Anastatus japonicus , Anoplocnemis curvipes , Chrysoperla carnea , Clavigralla tomentosicollis , Cotesia melanoscela , Dasychira pinicola , Dendrolimus spectabilis , Eriogyna pyretorum , Euproctis chrysorrhoea , Hemileuca oliviae , Leucoma salicis , Lymantria fumida , L. monacha , L. xylina , Malacosoma neustria , Orgyia antiqua , O. leucostigma , O. sp., Porthetria dispar , Suarius fedtschenkoi

Remarks. Dowden (1962) reported that O. kuvanae will reproduce on Orgyia leucostigma in the lab, but the parasitoid was never recovered from that host in the field. Peck (1963: 431) noted O. leucostigma as a host of O. kuvanae , but failed to cite any reference for that record. Specimens identified as near O. kuvanae were collected in Napa, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties (EMEC).

submetallicus ( Howard 1897: 151) (Encyrtus) [New state record] (CSCA)

Type. BMNH

Distribution. W (Imperial)

Host/habitat. Anasa scorbutica , Caligo memnon , Coleotichus blackburniae , Edessa meditabunda , E. sp., Erinnyis ello , Euschistus heros , Heliconius sp., Liohippelates pusio , Hypercompe albicornis , Leptoglossus gonagra , Mormidea angustata , Nezara viridula , Oebalus ypsilongriseus , Opsiphanes cassina , O. tamarindi , Piezodorus guildinii

Remarks. The California record is based upon a single damaged specimen, determined by Burks. The antennae, legs and forewings are all missing, but the remaining body agrees with the redescription provided by Noyes (1979). The specimen was one of several parasitoid species associated with Ferrisia virgata on Tecoma capensi s ( Bignoniaceae ).

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Remarks. In addition to the species listed above, I have seen specimens that appear to represent an additional 17 morphospecies present in the state, one of which was reared from Malacosoma californicum and M. sp. ( Langston 1957) (EMEC, RLZC).