Sectiliclava Hoffer 1957

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 50

Sectiliclava Hoffer 1957 [New state record]

Hosts. Hemiptera : Psyllidae

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Remarks. This genus has an interesting disjunct distribution: one species ( S. cleone ) from the Palearctic, and two others ( S. isis Noyes & Hanson 1996 and S. pulchriceps Noyes & Hanson, 1996 ) from the Neotropics ( Noyes 2001). Noyes et al. (1997) reported an unidentified species, probably S. cleone , from the Nearctic, representing the first record of the genus from this region. Specimens that are close to S. cleone have been collected from psyllidinfested Cercocarpus betuloides and Salix ? lasiolepis in Contra Costa, El Dorado, Kern, Marin, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties (EMEC, RLZC, UCDC), as well as Arizona (RLZC) and Canada (CAS). One specimen from Alberta was collected in 1928, indicating the presence of the genus in North America is not the result of a recent introduction.