Epitetracnemus Girault 1915a

Zuparko, Robert L., 2015, Annotated Checklist of California Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 4017 (1), pp. 1-126 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4017.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBFC3D93-6A7E-4862-84EF-021ADE2F4B3A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116922
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87E4-FF9F-4340-FF02-C1B38B20F893
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Epitetracnemus Girault 1915a
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Epitetracnemus Girault 1915a View in CoL View at ENA [New state record]

Hosts. Hemiptera : Asterolecaniidae , Coccidae , Diaspididae

intersectus ( Fonscolombe 1832: 305) (Encyrtus) View in CoL [New state record] (EMEC, RLZC)

Type. Lost

Distribution. W (Alameda, Contra Costa, Yuba)

Host/habitat. Asterodiaspis mina , A. quercicola , Asterolecanium sp., Ceroplastes rubens , Diaspidiotus bavaricus , D. gigas , D. macroporanus , D. ostreaeformis , D. perniciosus , D. prunorum , D. pyri , Lepidoasphes tubulorum , L. ulmi , L. sp., Parthenolecanium rufulum , Pseudaonidia duplex , P. paeoniae , Pseudaulacaspis pentagona , Sphaerolecanium prunastri

Remarks. De Santis (1989) reported Carulaspis minima (Signoret) as a host from Bermuda, while Noyes (2001) reported both C. minima and Lepidoasphes newsteadi (Šulc) as hosts. These records appear to be erroneous, traceable to the biocontrol program directed against these two pests in Bermuda ( Bennett & Hughes 1959). Although E. intersectus was exported from Italy as part of this program, I could find no primary records indicating that this species was successfully reared from either host.