Coccidoxenoides Girault 1915a

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 58-59

Coccidoxenoides Girault 1915a

Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae

perminutus Girault 1915a: 173

Type. QM

Distribution. E (Los Angeles, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Ventura)

Host/habitat. Delottococcus quaesitus , Ferrisia virgata ,? Phenacoccus maderiensis , Planococcus citri , P. ficus , P. kenyae , P. lilacinus , P. sp. nr. ficus , P. vovae , Pseudococcus bingervillensis , P . longispinus, P. njalensis , P. maritimus , Spilococcus sp.; NEW: Pseudococcus cryptus [UCRC]

Remarks. Initially imported from Hawaii in an unsuccessful biocontrol program against P. citri (as Pauridia peregrina Timberlake 1919b ), this species later established from material imported from China in 1950 ( Bartlett 1978c). Another strain was recently imported from South Africa and released in the central coastal area (Daane et al. 2008). The host record of Planococcus krauhniae in reports from the early 20th century represents a misidentification of P. citri ( Bartlett 1978c) . Two specimens (UCRC) are recorded from Aonidiella aurantii on Valencia oranges from Riverside County, but this record needs to be confirmed.