Timberlake 1926 : 15 Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera) Zuparko, Robert L. Zootaxa 2015 4017 1 1 126 4WXJ Timberlake 1926 Timberlake 1926 [151,528,762,788] Insecta Encyrtidae Hexacnemus Animalia Hymenoptera 30 31 Arthropoda genus     armitagei  Timberlake 1926: 15    Type. USNM   Distribution.N (Lake, Ventura)  Host/habitat.  Sympherobius californicus, S. sp.   Remarks.Gordh (1979) noted that  H. armitageihas also been reported to parasitize mealybugs on citrus, probably based on a specimen from Florida (USNM) that has “Mealybug, citrus” on the collecting label.  Sympherobiusis predacious on mealybugs, and I suspect this is a mistaken host record, and the true host was an unrecognized hemerobiid. Noyes (2001)reported that a record of the genus from South  America(where it putatively attacked  Aleurothrixus floccosusand  Planococcus citri) was in error. In fact, Parker et al.(1953)reported an Argentinean  Hexacnemussp. “ex material” of these two species, noting that the parasites were reared “in grosso modo” from lots of material, and that the precise role of the parasite is not available. I have seen a male specimen (USNM) of this parasitoid from  Argentina, and it is definitely a  Hexacnemusspecies, although I am unable to determine if it is conspecific with  H. armitagei. Additionally, the USNM has a female and male  Hexacnemussp., reared in association with nymphs of  Phenacoccus gossypii, apparently from Columbia(CIAT- Palmira), that appear to represent an undescribed species of this genus.