Gyranusoidea Compere 1947

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 60-61

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6117075
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scientific name	Gyranusoidea Compere 1947
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Gyranusoidea Compere 1947 View in CoL View at ENA

Hosts. Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae

advena Beardsley 1969: 303 View in CoL [New state record] (RLZC)

Type. BPBM

Distribution. A (Alameda)

Host/habitat. Pseudococcus antricolens , P. longispinus , P. pipturicolus , P. sp.; in California, it was collected on Syzygium paniculatum (Myrtaceae) .

Remarks. Noyes (1988b) opined that this species might have been accidentally introduced into New Zealand from Hawaii (whence it had been described), while Beardsley (1969) noted this species did not appear to be closely allied to the Hawaiian anagyrine complex, and suggested that it was adventive there. Noyes (in litt.) notes that this species is also found in southern Africa and the Mediterranean region, suggesting it may be native to one of those areas.

claripennis ( Timberlake 1918: 365) (Tanaomastix) View in CoL Type. USNM

Distribution. C (Los Angeles) Host/habitat. Dysmicoccus ryani

indica Shafee, Alam & Agarwal 1975: 22 View in CoL

Type. ZDAMU

Distribution. E (Imperial)

Host/habitat. Maconellicoccus hirsutus , Nipaecoccus viridis , N. sp.

Remarks. Along with Anagyrus kamali , this species was imported in a biocontrol program directed against M. hirsutus ( Roltsch et al. 2006) . Releases of specimens originating from Egypt, Pakistan and Australia began in 1999. Although it has established in California, it appears to be outcompeted by A. kamali .

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Remarks. In addition to the species listed above, I have seen specimens that appear to represent an additional five morphospecies collected in Alameda, Contra Costa, Imperial, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties (RLZC, UCDC, UCFC, UCRC).

Holcencyrtus Ashmead 1900 View in CoL

Hosts. Hemiptera View in CoL : Pseudococcidae View in CoL

myrmicoides ( Compere & Zinna 1955: 98) (Acroaspidia) View in CoL Type. BMNH

Distribution. E (San Bernardino)

Host/habitat. Ferrisia virgata , Formicococcus njalensis , Phenacoccus madeirensis , Planococcus citri , P. calceolariae , P. longispinus , P. maritimus

Remarks. This was one of a series of natural enemies imported into California from 1948– 56 in biocontrol programs directed against economic mealybugs. This species was imported from Trinidad in 1954 and released in Ventura County the next year ( Clausen 1956b), but it was considered to have failed to establish ( Bartlett 1978c). However, it was collected in San Bernardino County in 1995 and 2006 (UCRC).

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Remarks. At least two additional species are present in the state, one found in Inyo, Lassen, Los Angeles, Marin, Riverside and San Luis Obispo counties (CSCA, RLZC, UCRC), and the other in Lassen and Los Angeles counties (RLZC, UCRC).