Riek 1962 : 722
Riek 1962 : 726
Howard 1885: 15
Riek 1962 : 749
Riek 1962 : 750
Noyes 1988b : 105
Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera)
Zuparko, Robert L.
Zootaxa
2015
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Ashmead 1900
Ashmead
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[151,516,1838,1864]
Insecta
Encyrtidae
Psyllaephagus
Animalia
Hymenoptera
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Arthropoda
genus
bliteus Riek 1962: 722 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 Australiaand released in California in a biocontrol program against Glycaspis brimblecombeion 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 Eucalyptusspecies in the immediate vicinity.
brachiatus Riek 1962: 726[ New state record](RLZC)
Type. ANIC
Distribution.E (Alameda, Contra Costa) Host/habitat. Cardiaspina fiscella, Glycaspissp.
Remarks.I collected a single male that appeared referable to this species, from low roadside vegetation near a Eucalyptus camaldulensisheavily infested with Glycaspis brimblecombeiin 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. camaldulensisthat I suspect are conspecific.
pachypsyllae( Howard 1885: 15) ( Encyrtus)
Type. USNM
Distribution.N (Imperial, San Bernardino) Host/habitat. Pachypsylla celtidisgemma, P. celtidisvesicula, P. venusta, Trioza beameri
parvus Riek 1962: 749
Type. ANIC
Distribution.E (Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego) Host/habitat. Eucalyptolyma maideni, Spondyliaspissp.
Remarks.This species had been imported from Australiain 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
Type. ANIC
Distribution.E (Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego) Host/habitat. Cryptoneossa triangula, Eucalyptolymasp. Remarks. Jones et al.(2011)reported this species (mistakenly as Psyllaephagus perplexansCockerell) has established in California adventitiously.
pilosus Noyes 1988b: 105
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 Zealandand Australiain 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).