Last updated: August 2020 Notes on catalog: This catalog was produced using Biological and Systematic Information System (BASIS 3.0a developed by Gary Gibson and Jennifer Read (ECORC, Agriculture Canada Ottawa). This catalog of Encarsia is in development and no information presented herein regarding name changes should be considered as valid until properly published. If errors are discovered, please contact the primary author at [email protected]. Production of this catalog has been supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant DEB 1257733 and 1555808, University of California, van den Bosch Scholarship, and hatch project funds. Catalog of the Encarsia Förster of the World Robert L. Kresslein, John Heraty, James Woolley and Andrew Polaszek * Other Hosts: Aphelinidae, Aphididae, Cicadellidae, Coccidae, Plataspidae, Platygastridae, Pseudococcidae, Pyralidae Encarsia of the World — Contents _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Contents Encarsia Förster ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Unplaced Species............................................................................................................................................ 2 Albiscutellum Species Group ...................................................................................................................... 18 Aurantii Species Group ............................................................................................................................... 19 Berlesei Species Group ................................................................................................................................ 33 Boswelli Species Group ............................................................................................................................... 34 Citrella Species Group ................................................................................................................................ 35 Citrina Species Group ................................................................................................................................. 36 Cubensis Species Group .............................................................................................................................. 39 Flavoscutellum Species Group .................................................................................................................... 41 Inaron Species Group .................................................................................................................................. 43 Lahorensis Species Group ........................................................................................................................... 49 Longifasciata Species Group ...................................................................................................................... 54 Lutea Species Group ................................................................................................................................... 56 Luteola Species Group ................................................................................................................................ 59 Meghalayana Species Group ...................................................................................................................... 64 Noyesi Species Group .................................................................................................................................. 65 Opulenta Species Group ............................................................................................................................. 67 Parvella Species Group ............................................................................................................................... 72 Perflava Species Group ............................................................................................................................... 77 Plaumanni Species Group ........................................................................................................................... 79 Porteri Species Group ................................................................................................................................. 80 Scapeata Species Group .............................................................................................................................. 81 Septentrionalis Species Group .................................................................................................................... 82 Singularis Species Group ............................................................................................................................ 83 Smithi Species Group .................................................................................................................................. 84 Strenua Species Group ................................................................................................................................ 86 Tremblayi Species Group............................................................................................................................ 96 Tricolor Species Group ............................................................................................................................... 97 Tristis Species Group .................................................................................................................................. 99 Encarsia of the World — Encarsia 1 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Encarsia Encarsia Foerster, 1878: 65-66. Type species: Encarsia tricolor Foerster, by original designation. Aspidiotiphagus Howard, 1894a: 229. Type species: Coccophagus citrinus Craw, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani & Mazzone, 1979[144]: 44. Aspidiotiphagus Howard, 1894a: 229. Type species: Coccophagus citrinus Craw, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani & Mazzone, 1979[144]: 44. Prospalta Howard, 1894b: 6. Type species: Coccophagus aurantii Howard. Subsequently designated by ICZN, Opinion 845, 1968: 12-13. Homonym; discovered by ??. Prospalta Howard, 1894b: 6. Type species: Coccophagus aurantii Howard. Homonym of Prospalta Howard; discovered by ??. Notes: by designation of ICZN under Plenary Powers, Opinion 845. Encarsia; Howard, 1895b: 28. Subsequent description. Prospaltella Ashmead, 1904[238]: 126. Replacement name; synonymy by Viggiani & Mazzone, 1979[144]: 44. Prospaltella Ashmead, 1904[238]: 126. Replacement name for Prospalta Howard Viggiani & Mazzone, 1979[144]: 44. Mimatomus Cockerell, 1911: 464. Type species: Mimatomus peltatus Cockerell, by monotypy. Synonymy by Girault, 1917[312]: 114. Notes: As synonym of Prospaltella. Doloresia Mercet, 1912: 294-296. Type species: Prospaltella filicornis Mercet, by original designation. Synonymy by Mercet, 1930a: 191. Aspidiotiphagus; Mercet, 1912a: 172-173. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Mercet, 1912a: 149-150. Subsequent description. Prospaltella; Mercet, 1912a: 175-177. Subsequent description. Prospaltoides Brèthes, 1914: 12. Type species: Prospaltoides howardi Brethés, by original designation. Synonymy by Brèthes, 1916: 429. Notes: As synonym of Aspidiotiphagus. Encarsia; Mercet, 1930a: 191-193. Subsequent description. Trichaporus; Mercet, 1930a: 193-196. Subsequent description. Trichaporus; Dozier, 1933a: 91. Subsequent description. Notes: Discussion of history and characteristics. Encarsia; De Santis, 1948a: 252. Subsequent description. Aspidiotiphagus (Paraspidiotiphagus) Alam, 1956: 359. Type species: Aspidiotiphagus flavus Compere, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani & Mazzone ??, 1979[144]: 44. Notes: Synonymy implied by synonymy of Apsidiotiphagus as this subgenus was not mentioned by Vigginai and Mazzone (1979). Paraspidiotiphagus Alam, 1956: 359. Type species: Aspidiotiphagus flavus Compere, by original designation. Synonymy by Huang & Polaszek, 1998: 1829. Notes: As subgenus of Aspidiotiphagus. Encarsia; Agarwal, 1964: 282-283. Subsequent description. Notes: Characters to separate Prospaltella and Encarsia. Provides a discussion of Prospaltella on page 274 as a "connecting link between Coccophagus and Aspidiotiphagus. Aleurodiphilus DeBach & Rose, 1981: 659-660. Type species: Aleurodiphalus americanus DeBach & Rose, by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat, 1983: 85. Notes: Included acaudaleyrodes, aleuroplati , americanus, arabica, aseta, citrifolia and gerlingi. Aspidiotiphagus; Rose & DeBach, 1981: 670-677. Subsequent description. Notes: Included silwoodensis and cyanophylli . Encarsiella Hayat, 1983: 85. Type species: Encarsiella noyesi Hayat, by original designation. Synonymy by Shafee & Rizvi, 1984: 379. Encarsia; Viggiani, 1988d: 122-125. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Viggiani, 1990: 126-128. Subsequent description. Encarsiella; Polaszek & Hayat, 1992: 192. Revived status. Encarsia; Hayat, 1998: 178-181. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Huang & Polaszek, 1998: 1828-1829. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Polaszek, Abd-Rabou and Huang, 1999: 132-134. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Schmidt et al., 2001: 371. Subsequent description. The catalog of Encarsia of the World is organized by species group placement. Species groups placement is informal, and occasionally variable between authors. This catalog strives to present the history of species group placement of Encarsia in