Leptomastidea Mercet 1916

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6117077
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87E4-FFB8-4367-FF02-C7F38C0CFBEB
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scientific name	Leptomastidea Mercet 1916
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Leptomastidea Mercet 1916 View in CoL View at ENA

Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae

abnormis ( Girault 1915c: 184) (Paraleptomastix) View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. E (Fresno, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Yuba )

Host/habitat. Dysmicoccus brevipes , D. ryani , Ferrisia virgata , Formicococcus njalensis , Phenacoccus gossypii , P. sp., Planococcus citri , P. ficus , P. kenyae , P. kraunhiae , P. sp. nr. ficus , P. vovae , Pseudococcus calceolariae , P. comstocki , P. cryptus , P. longispinus , P. maritimus , P. viburni , P. sp. Saccharicoccus sacchari

Remarks. This species was established in 1914, when it was imported from Sicily in a biocontrol program against P. citri ( Bartlett 1978c) . It is now reared in commercial insectaries and continues to be used against several mealybug species. In the 1990s, additional stock was imported from the Middle East and released in Riverside County ( González 1998), while further releases have been made in Fresno County.