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