Cosmocomoidea ashmeadi (Girault, 1915)

Gonatocerus dolichocerus var. ashmeadi Girault, 1915 [261]: 8. Lectotype ♀ (USNM), designated by Huber, 1988: 53. TL: USA, Texas, no locality specified.

Ooctonus homalodiscae Ashmead (nomen nudum according to Girault, 1911 [96]: 324); Sanderson, 1906: 51, nomen nudum (economics, host, distribution); Girault, 1907 [27]: 31 (host, citation of nomen nudum).

Oöctonus [sic] homalodiscae: Girault, 1911 [87]: 149 (host). Nomen nudum.

Ooctonus homolodiscae [sic]: Girault, 1911 [96]: 316, 324. Nomen nudum.

Gonatocerus ashmeadi: Girault, 1929 [428]: 25 (key, given species status); Peck, 1951: 411 (generic transfer); Fattig, 1955: 10 (host, distribution); Burks, 1967: 214 (catalogue, distribution); Herting, 1972: 13, 14 (host catalogue); Burks, 1979: 1025 (catalogue); Huber, 1988: 53 (description); Yoshimoto, 1990: 39 (list, species group placement); De Santis & Fidalgo, 1994: 124 (catalogue) [NT]; Triapitsyn & Phillips, 1996: 10 (host); Triapitsyn et al., 1998: 241 (hosts, distribution); Triapitsyn & Phillips, 2000: 200 (percent parasitism); Daane, 2001: 17 (percent parasitism); Grafton-Cardwell & Kallsen, 2001: 32 (density in orchards); Grafton-Cardwell & Haines, 2001: 36 (insecticide toxicity); Hoddle et al., 2001: 95 (species survey in California); Irvin & Hoddle, 2001: 135 (host age preference and susceptibility); Leopold, 2001: 42 (cold storage); Leopold & Yocum, 2001: 65 (cold storage); Mizell III, 2001: 52 (egg age susceptibility); Mizell III & Andersen, 2001: 81 (host plant/natural enemy interaction); Redak, 2001: 71 (mention); Triapitsyn & Hoddle, 2001: 133 (survey); Daane & Johnson, 2002: 100 (percent parasitism); Hoddle, 2002: 86 (interspecific competition); Hoddle & Stouthamer, 2002: 93 (cryptic species complex?); Jones, 2002: 88 (parasitism rates); Lauzière et al., 2002: 81 (biological control); Leopold & Yocum, 2002: 91 (cold storage development); Mizell III & Andersen, 2002: 109 (mention); Triapitsyn, 2002d: 91 (mention); Triapitsyn & Hoddle, 2002: 94 (survey); Triapitsyn et al., 2002: 654 (host); Daane & Johnson, 2003: 248 (percent parasitism); Hoddle, 2003a: 250 (interspecific competition); Hoddle, 2003b: 255 (distribution); Hoddle & Stouthamer, 2003: 257 (morphology, molecular differences); Leopold, 2003a: 221 (cold storage); Leopold, 2003b: 225 (host age preference, behavior, fecundity); Luck et al., 2003: 265 (olfactory behavior); Mizell III & Andersen, 2003: 271 (host plant/natural enemy interaction); Coudron & Goodman, 2004: 304 (artificial diet and ovipositional substrates); Daane & Johnson, 2004: 95 (percent parasitism, phenology); Daane et al., 2004: 102 (host plant influence); de León, 2004a: 309 (intraspecific genetic differences); de León, 2004b: 314 (genetic differentiation); Hoddle, 2004a: 111 (possible non-target impact); Hoddle, 2004b: 334 (lifetime parasitism, brochosomes); Hoddle, 2004c: 336 (reproductive, developmental biology); Hoddle & Triapitsyn, 2004a: 339 (mention); Hoddle & Triapitsyn, 2004b: 342 (quarantine colony); Irvin & Hoddle, 2004: 505 (oviposition preference); Leopold, 2004a: 124 (cold storage effects); Leopold, 2004b: 128 (functional response, superparasitism); López et al., 2004: 214 (overwintering biology, percent parasitism); Morse, 2004: 365 (percent parasitism); Pilkington et al., 2004: 133 (biology, phenology); Tipping, 2004: 153 (overwintering biology); Toscano et al., 2004: 378 (insecticide compatibility); Vickerman et al., 2004: 338 (morphology, DNA); Daane & Johnson, 2005: 97 (parasitism rate); de León, 2005: 299 (DNA fingerprinting); de León & Jones, 2005: 1 (genetic differentiation); de León et al., 2005: 302 (cryptic species complex); Groves & Johnson, 2005: 106 (host selection behavior); Hoddle, 2005a: 330 (lifetime parasitism); Hoddle, 2005b: 330 (reproduction and development); Hoddle & Boyd, 2005: 325 (hosts, choice/no choice tests); Irvin & Hoddle, 2005a: 205 (competitive ability); Irvin & Hoddle, 2005b: 392 (host suitability); Leopold, 2005a: 349 (temperature influence); Leopold, 2005b: 354 (refrigerated storage); Morse, 2005: 92 (percent parasitism); Morse, 2005: 370 (percent parasitism); Pilkington et al., 2005: 224 (biological control); Toscano et al., 2005: 389 (insecticide compatibility); Triapitsyn, 2005: 393 (key); Velema et al., 2005: 486 (brochosome influence); Byrne & Toscano, 2006: 197 (detection by electrophoresis); Chen et al., 2006a: 120 (functional response and superparasitism); Chen et al., 2006b: 1178 (temperature effect); de León et al., 2006b: 42 (molecular phylogram); de León et al., 2006d: 54 (molecular phylogram); de León et al., 2006e: 57 (molecular species boundaries); Grandgirard et al., 2006: 436 (biological control possibility) [A]; Groves & Johnson, 2006: 9 (host selection behavior); Hoddle, 2006a: 73 (mention); Hoddle, 2006b: 80 (egg load estimate); Hoddle & Boyd, 2006: 88 (non-target impact); Irvin & Hoddle, 2006: 162 (intraspecific competition); Irvin et al., 2006: 360 (interspecific competition); Pilkington & Hoddle, 2006a: 266 (reproduction, development); Pilkington & Hoddle, 2006b: 276 (life table, degree days); Toscano & Morse, 2006: 107 (insecticide compatibility); Triapitsyn, 2006: 6 (key), 24 (distribution, description, hosts); Boyd & Hoddle, 2007: 57 (host specificity testing); Boyd et al., 2007: 179 (rearing technique); Byrne & Toscano, 2007a: 70 (insecticide impact); Byrne & Toscano, 2007b: 132 (insecticide toxicity); Chen & Leopold, 2007: 685 (progeny quality on stored eggs); de León & Morgan, 2007b: 753 (molecular markers); de León et al., 2007a: 77 (molecular markers); Grandgirard et al., 2007a: 810 (pre-introductory assessment)[A]; Hoddle & Irvin, 2007: 90 (competitive ability); Irvin & Hoddle, 2007: 81 (fitness enhancement); Irvin et al., 2007: 70 (dietary supplements); Krugner et al., 2007: 39 (response to volatile cues); Lauzière & Elzen, 2007: 12 (insecticide effects); Leopold, 2007: 42 (cold storage effects); Petit et al., 2007: 956 (release in Tahiti) [A]; Prabhaker et al., 2007: 1055 (insecticide toxicity); Chen et al., 2008a: 1760 (cold storage effects); Chen et al., 2008b: 122 (cold storage effects); de León et al., 2008a: 99 (barcode); Grandgirard et al., 2008a: 136 (biological control success) [A]; Grandgirard et al., 2008b: 101 (biological control, distribution) [A]; Gunawardana et al., 2008: 13 (biocontrol in Cook Islands) [A]; Hoddle, 2008b: 66 (lab. competition with G. tuberculifemur); Hoddle, 2008a: 63 (relative abundance); Hoddle, 2008b: 66 (relative parasitism rate); Irvin & Hoddle, 2008: 125 (egg maturation, wing wear); Krugner et al., 2008a: 9 (olfactory response); Leopold, 2008: 35 (cold storage); Petit et al., 2008: 345 (dispersal, establishment) [A]; Williams III & Hendrix, 2008: 26 (fitness compared to A. iole); Grandgirard et al., 2009: 99 (biological control) [A]; Hoddle, 2009: 19 (relative abundance); Irvin et al., 2009: 1635 (functional response); Petit et al., 2009: 486 (long-distance dispersal) [A]; Hoddle, 2010: 16 (biological control in California); Irvin & Hoddle, 2010: 187 (competitive ability in laboratory); Mills, 2010: 394 (biological control success) [A]; Triapitsyn et al., 2010: 98 (key), 107 (distribution, hosts) [NT]; Colinet & Boivin, 2011: 91 (cold storage); Cooksey, 2011: 27 (molecular identification); Gutierrez et al., 2011: 757 (biological control); Irvin & Hoddle, 2011: 840 (competitive ability in laboratory); Vilhelmsen, 2011: 346 (Morphbank image examined); Charles, 2012: 620 (non-target impact assessment) [A]; Irvin et al., 2012: 2 (marking for dispersal monitoring); Krugner et al., 2012: 1280 (dispersal); Rathé et al., 2012: 216 (management option); Triapitsyn, 2012b: 10 (biological control, vouchers); Charles & Logan, 2013: 73 (predicted distribution) [A]; Triapitsyn, 2013c: 293 (mention); Irvin et al., 2014a: 11 (enhanced survival); Irvin et al., 2014b: 662 (lifetime fecundity); Krugner et al., 2014: 24 (plant volatile attraction); Rathé et al., 2014: 5 (parasitism on Australian host plants); Boivin & Ellers, 2016: 164 (ovigeny index).

Gonatocerus (Cosmocomoidea) ashmeadi: Triapitsyn, 2013b: 213 (key, 214 (distribution).

Lymaenon ashmeadi: Burks, 1958: 63 (generic transfer); Turner & Pollard, 1959: 26 (hosts, distribution); Peck, 1963: 21 (catalogue).

Cosmocomoidea ashmeadi: Huber, 2015a: 17 (generic transfer, list); Van Driesche et al., 2018: 26 (biological control).

Nearctic hosts. Cicadellidae: Cuerna costalis (Fabricius), Homalodisca liturata Ball, H. vitripennis (Germar), Oncometopia clarior (Walker), O. orbona Fabricius.

Distribution. USA: CA, GA, LA, MS, TX.