Ooencyrtus californicus Girault 1917: 22 Triapitsyn et al. 2020: 68–70 Ooencyrtus lucidus Triapitsyn & Ganjisaffar Ooencyrtus californicus Girault Ooencyrtus lucidus Triapitsyn & Ganjisaffar Ganjisaffar & Perring 2020: 2–10 Re-collection and identity of Ooencyrtus californicus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and its new synonym, Ooencyrtus lucidus Triapitsyn, Serguei V. Rugman-Jones, Paul F. Perring, Thomas M. Zootaxa 2021 2021-04-30 4966 1 97 100 6SLYK Girault, 1917 Girault 1917 [151,616,833,860] Insecta Encyrtidae Ooencyrtus Animalia Hymenoptera 1 98 Arthropoda species californicus  ( Figs 1–3)      Ooencyrtus californicus Girault 1917: 22. Type locality: Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA. Lectotypefemale [USNM], designated by  Triapitsyn et al.2020: 68–70, examined.   Ooencyrtus lucidus Triapitsyn & Ganjisaffarin Triapitsyn et al.2020: 63–69. Type locality: Riverside(from laboratory colony at the Universityof California, Riverside, of campus Agricultural Operationsorigin), Riverside County, California, USA. Holotypefemale [UCRC], examined. Syn. n.   Ooencyrtus californicusGirault: Noyes 2010: 401–402(diagnosis, hosts, distribution), 726, 780–781 (illustrations); Triapitsyn et al.2020: 65(diagnosis), 68–71 ( lectotypedesignation, illustrations of the original syntypes, discussion, distribution).    Ooencyrtus lucidusTriapitsyn & Ganjisaffar:  Ganjisaffar & Perring 2020: 2–10(life history traits, host association).   Material examined.  USA: Arizona, Cochise County, Portal, American Museum of Natural History Southwestern Research Station: 31.88175°N 109.20905°W,  1670 m,  27.vii.2019, F.  Gómez Marco, M. S.  Hoddle, D. A.  Yanega, canopy fogging of  Juniperus deppeanatree [ 3 ♀, UCRC, including molecular voucher PR20-561( UCRC_ ENT 00528707)]; 31.88154°N 109.20997°W,  1674 m,  29.vii.2019, F.  Gómez Marco, M. S.  Hoddle, D. A.  Yanega, canopy fogging of  Juniperus deppeanatree [ 1 ♀, UCRC]; 31.88030°N 109.20866°W,  1670 m,  2.viii.2019, F.  Gómez Marco, D. A.  Yanega, canopy fogging of  Quercus arizonicatree [ 2 ♀, UCRC]; 31.89199°N 109.20943°W,  1704 m,  5.viii.2019, F.  Gómez Marco, S. V.  Triapitsyn, D. A.  Yanega, canopy fogging of  Quercus arizonicatree [ 2 ♀, UCRC].  California: Solano County, near Winters, Universityof  California Davis Wolfskill Terra Firma Farms,  30.vi.2017, J.  D. Hernández, from  Bagrada hilarisfoliar sentinel eggs on card [ 1 ♀, USNM]. Tuolumne County, roadside of Hwy.49/120 near Don Pedro Reservoir, 37°50’42’’N 120°22’58’’W,  276–283 m,  13.x.2020, S. V.  Triapitsyn, sweeping on  Pinus sabinianatrees [ 3 ♀, UCRC, including molecular vouchers PR20-465( UCRC_ ENT 00541250) and PR20-560( UCRC_ ENT 00541267)]. Yolo County, Davis, Universityof  California Davis Armstrong Farms, 38.52182°N 121.75937°W,  14 m,  5.ix.2017, I.  Grettenberger, from  Bagrada hilarisfoliar sentinel eggs [ 1 ♀, USNM, molecular voucher USNMENT918558_214413927].   Updated diagnosis.FEMALE. As described and illustrated for  O. lucidusin Triapitsyn et al.(2020)except as follows: antenna with scape minus radicle 5.7–8.8× as long as wide; first funicular segment 1.5–2.0× as long as wide and 0.5–0.6× length of pedicel.  MALE. As described and illustrated for  O. lucidusin Triapitsyn et al.(2020).   Distribution.Nearctic region: USA: Arizona(new record), California( Girault 1917; Triapitsyn et al.2020[as  O. lucidus]), Texas( Noyes 2010; Triapitsyn et al.2020[as  O. lucidus]), and Washington( Johansen 1957; Peck 1963; Noyes 2010); Neotropical region: Costa Rica( Noyes 2010).   Hosts.Confirmed and otherwise more or less trustworthy records of  O. californicusare from eggs of Hemiptera:  Anasa tristis(De Geer) (Coreidae)( Peck 1963; Noyes 2010),  Bagrada hilaris(Burmeister)( Triapitsyn et al.2020[for  O. lucidus]),  Chinavia hilaris(Say)( Triapitsyn et al.2020[for  O. lucidus]),  Chlorochroa sayi(Stål)( Noyes 2010; Triapitsyn et al.2020[for  O. lucidus]), and  Nezara viridula(L.) ( Ehler 2002; Noyes 2010) ( Pentatomidae), as well as from unidentified bug eggs ( Girault 1917).   FIGURES 1–3.  Ooencyrtus californicus, females (from  Pinus sabinianaat roadside of Hwy. 49/120 near Don Pedro Reservoir, 37°50′42′′N 120°22′58′′W, Tuolumne County, California, USA): 1, habitus in lateral view; 2, 3, antennae.  Biology.Life history traits of  O. californicus(as  O. lucidus) were reported by Ganjisaffar & Perring (2020).   Remarks.The ITS2 sequences of specimens PR20-465 and PR20-560 of  O. californicusfrom Tuolumne County in California, collected on  Pinus sabiniana(GenBank accessions MW804270and MW804271, respectively), were 100% identical to that of the specimen PR20-561 from Arizona(GenBank accession MW804272) and also to those of the  O. lucidus paratypes(UCRC ENT 311756, 311757, 311769, and 311770) which are molecular vouchers from the study by Triapitsyn et al.(2020)(GenBank accessions MN947512–515). Together with a maximum divergence of 0.8% in the COI sequences among specimens PR20-465, PR20-560, PR20-561 (GenBank accessions MW804625–627) and the paratypesof  O. lucidus(GenBank accessions MN935769–772), this is a very strong indication of conspecificity. Specimen USN- MENT918558_214413927 from Davis, California, also was genetically identical to  O. lucidus(S.A. Andreason, personal communication). 3118529302 [354,603,927,952] UCRC United States of America Riverside County Riverside Agricultural Operations 1 98 1 California holotype 3118529310 2019-07-27 F Portal United States of America Cochise County 1670 31.88175 American Museum of Natural History Southwestern Research Station 1 -109.20905 1 98 1 Arizona 3118529316 [882,1100,1189,1213] M, S Gomez Marco United States of America 1 98 1 3118529319 [1112,1254,1189,1213] A Hoddle, D. United States of America 1 98 1 3118529312 2019-07-29 UCRC, F Yanega United States of America 1674 31.88154 1 -109.20997 1 98 PR20-561, ENT 00528707 3 3 3118529303 [715,933,1261,1285] M, S Gomez Marco United States of America 1 98 1 3118529306 [946,1089,1261,1285] A Hoddle, D. United States of America 1 98 1 3118529314 2019-08-02 UCRC, F Yanega United States of America 1670 31.8803 1 -109.20866 1 98 1 1 3118529305 [1121,1340,1297,1321] A Gomez Marco, D. United States of America 1 98 1 3118529304 2019-08-05 UCRC, F Yanega United States of America 1704 31.89199 1 -109.20943 1 98 2 2 3118529313 S, V Gomez Marco United States of America 1 98 1 3118529301 [282,452,1369,1393] A Triapitsyn, D. United States of America 1 98 1 3118529318 [460,1143,1369,1393] UCRC Yanega United States of America 1 98 2 2 3118529308 United States of America Solano County University Winters 1 98 1 California 3118529309 [457,1112,1405,1429] 2017-06-30 J Davis Wolfskill Terra Firma Farms United States of America California 1 98 1 California 3118529311 2020-10-13 USNM, S, V D. Hernandez United States of America Tuolumne County 280 37.844997 Don Pedro Reservoir 19 -120.38278 Hwy. 1 98 1 1 3118529317 UCRC Triapitsyn United States of America Yolo County University Davis 1 98 PR20-465, ENT 00541250, PR20-560, ENT 00541267 3 3 3118529307 [380,1270,1549,1573] 2017-09-05 I Davis Armstrong Farms United States of America 14 38.52182 California 1 -121.75937 1 98 1 California 3118529315 USNM Grettenberger United States of America 1 98 1 1