Tachinaephagus Ashmead 1904

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6117037
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87E4-FFB7-4368-FF02-C4BF8D31FBA2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Tachinaephagus Ashmead 1904
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Tachinaephagus Ashmead 1904 View in CoL View at ENA

Hosts. Diptera : Calliphoridae , Fanniidae , Muscidae , Sarcophagidae , Stratiomyiidae, Ulidiidae

zealandicus Ashmead 1904: 304 View in CoL

Type. USNM

Distribution. E (Alameda, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz)

Host/habitat. Bercaea cruentata , Calliphora augur , Calliphora quadrimaculata , Calliphora stygia , Calliphora vicina , Chrysomya cloropyga , Chrysomya megacephala , Chrysomya rufifacies , Chrysomya varipes , Chrysomya sp., Fannia canicularis , Haematobia exigua , Oxysarcodexia varia , Phaenicia sericata , Lucilia cuprina , Lucilia sp., Microchrysa sp., Musca domestica , Musca sorbens , Musca sp., Muscina stabulans , Muscina sp., Protocalliphora sp., Sarcophaga aurifrons , Sarcophaga impatiens , Sarcophaga sp., Stomoxys calcitrans , Tritoxa flexa

Remarks. This species was imported from Australia in a biological control program against several species, including Phaenicia sericata , Musca domestica , Stomoxys calcitrans and Fannia canicularis in the 1960s ( Legner 1978). Bercaea haemorroidalis , noted as a host in Noyes (2001), is a junior synonym of B. cruentata .