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Metaphycus ceroplastis (Howard, 1885)

Aphycus ceroplastis Howard, 1885:18, ♂♀. 2 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, Silver City, N. Mex., 1879 (Coll. C.V. Riley, leg. H.H. Rusby); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. On the genera of the Chalcidid-flies belonging to the subfamily Encyrtidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22:323-412.:385, Type (U.S.N.M., No. 2643); Timberlake, 1916Timberlake, P.H. 1916. Revison of the parasitic hymenopterous insects of the genus Aphycus Mayr, with notice of some related genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50:561-640, 5 pls.:627, Type (U.S.N.M., No. 2643). - Howard, 1885Howard, L.O. 1885. Descriptions of North American Chalcididae from the collections of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and of Dr. C. V. Riley. Bulletin of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 5:3-47. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. A first list of the hymenopterous families Tenthredinidae, Siricidae, Chrysididae, Proctotrypidae, Cynipidae, Chalcididae and Braconidae collected in New Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 16:212-216. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1-1198. (distribution). - As Metaphycus ceroplastis: - Tavares et al., 2019Tavares, M.T., M.E.V. Santos, A. Dal Molin, A.L.B.G. Peronti & C.R. Sousa-Silva 2019. Neotropical species of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) parasitoids of Ceroplastes (Hemiptera, Coccidae): New species, interaction records, and a checklist. Neotropical Entomology 48 (4):633-644. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Metaphycus ceroplastis (Howard, 1885)

Distribution

USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Krombein et al., 1979 needs confirmation; Tavares et al., 2019)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Howard, 1885; Dalla Torre, 1898; Cockerell, 1899; Ashmead, 1900; Timberlake, 1916; Krombein et al., 1979; Tavares et al., 2019)

Literature

  • Ashmead, W.H. 1900. On the genera of the Chalcidid-flies belonging to the subfamily Encyrtidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22:323-412.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. A first list of the hymenopterous families Tenthredinidae, Siricidae, Chrysididae, Proctotrypidae, Cynipidae, Chalcididae and Braconidae collected in New Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 16:212-216.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598.
  • Howard, L.O. 1885. Descriptions of North American Chalcididae from the collections of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and of Dr. C. V. Riley. Bulletin of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 5:3-47.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1-1198.
  • Tavares, M.T., M.E.V. Santos, A. Dal Molin, A.L.B.G. Peronti & C.R. Sousa-Silva 2019. Neotropical species of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) parasitoids of Ceroplastes (Hemiptera, Coccidae): New species, interaction records, and a checklist. Neotropical Entomology 48 (4):633-644.
  • Timberlake, P.H. 1916. Revison of the parasitic hymenopterous insects of the genus Aphycus Mayr, with notice of some related genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50:561-640, 5 pls.