Catalog of the Encarsia of the World (2007) John Heraty, James Woolley and Andrew Polaszek (a work in progress) Note: names in parentheses refer to species groups, not subgenera. Encarsia Foerster, 1878. Type species: Encarsia tricolor Foerster, by original designation. Aspidiotiphagus Howard, 1894a. Type species: Coccophagus citrinus Craw, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani & Mazzone, 1979[144]: 44. Aspidiotiphagus Howard, 1894a. Type species: Coccophagus citrinus Craw, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani & Mazzone, 1979[144]: 44. Prospalta Howard, 1894b. Type species: Coccophagus aurantii Howard. Subsequently designated by ICZN, Opinion 845, 1968: 12-13. Homonym; discovered by ??. Encarsia of the World 2 Prospalta Howard, 1894b. Type species: Coccophagus aurantii Howard. Homonym of Prospalta Howard; discovered by ??. Encarsia; Howard, 1895b. Subsequent description. Prospaltella Ashmead, 1904[238]. Replacement name; synonymy by Viggiani & Mazzone, 1979[144]: 44. Prospaltella Ashmead, 1904[238]. Replacement name for Prospalta Howard Viggiani & Mazzone, 1979[144]: 44. Mimatomus Cockerell, 1911. Type species: Mimatomus peltatus Cockerell, by monotypy. Synonymy by Girault, 1917[312]: 114. Doloresia Mercet, 1912. Type species: Prospaltella filicornis Mercet, by original designation. Synonymy by Mercet, 1930a: 191. Aspidiotiphagus; Mercet, 1912a. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Mercet, 1912a. Subsequent description. Prospaltella; Mercet, 1912a. Subsequent description. Prospaltoides Bréthes, 1914. Type species: Prospaltoides howardi Bréthes, by original designation. Synonymy by Bréthes, 1916: 429. Encarsia; Mercet, 1930a. Subsequent description. Trichaporus; Mercet, 1930a. Subsequent description. Trichaporus; Dozier, 1933a. Subsequent description. Encarsia; De Santis, 1948a. Subsequent description. Aspidiotiphagus (Paraspidiotiphagus) Alam, 1956. Type species: Aspidiotiphagus flavus Compere, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani & Mazzone ??, 1979[144]: 44. Paraspidiotiphagus Alam, 1956. Type species: Aspidiotiphagus flavus Compere, by original designation. Synonymy by Huang & Polaszek, 1998: 1829. Encarsia; Agarwal, 1964. Subsequent description. Aleurodiphilus DeBach & Rose, 1981. Type species: Aleurodiphalus americanus DeBach & Rose, by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat, 1983: 85. Aspidiotiphagus; Rose & DeBach, 1981. Subsequent description. Encarsiella Hayat, 1983. Type species: Encarsiella noyesi Hayat, by original designation. Synonymy by Shafee & Risvi, 1984: 379; description as Encarsiella by Polaszek & Hayat 1992: 192 without reference to Shafee & Risvi synonymy; revived synonymy as Encarsia (Noyesi) by Schmidt & Polaszek 2007b: 86. Encarsia; Viggiani, 1988d. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Viggiani, 1990. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Hayat, 1998. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Huang & Polaszek, 1998. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Polaszek, Abd-Rabou and Huang, 1999. Subsequent description. Encarsia; Schmidt et al., 2001. Subsequent description. unplaced species: Encarsia adela Schmidt & Polaszek DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (New South Wales [SchmidPo2007a], Tasmania [SchmidPo2007a]). Encarsia adela Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007a: 2115-2116. Type data: Tasmania: Claytons, Bathurst Harbour. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, Division of Entomology, CSIRO, Australia. Described: female. Illust. Encarsia alboscutellaris De Santis CITATIONS: Abbass1975 [Tky]. DISTRIBUTION: Neotropical: Argentina. Encarsia alboscutellaris De Santis, 1979b: 134-135. Type data: Argentina: Misiones, Loreto. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: La Plata: Museo de la Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Division Entomologia, Argentina. Described: female. Illust. Encarsia ancora Schmidt & Polaszek ASSOCIATIONS: Associate - HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae: Xenaleyrodes timonii Martin [new]. DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (Queensland [SchmidPo2007a]). Encarsia of the World 3 Encarsia ancora Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007a: 2123-2124. Type data: Australia: QLD, Heathlands. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, Division of Entomology, CSIRO, Australia. Described: female. Illust. Encarsia aonidiae Howard ASSOCIATIONS: Host - HEMIPTERA Diaspididae: Greeniella (=aonidia) cornigera [Hayat1989a, Mercet1912a, Howard1895c]. DISTRIBUTION: Oriental: Sri Lanka [HowardAs1896]. Encarsia aonidiae Howard, 1895c: 636. Type data: Sri Lanka: Pundaluoya. Lectotype female, by subsequent designation Hayat, 1981a: 464. Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, DC, USA; type no. 3251. Described: female. Encarsia aonidiae; Mercet, 1912a: 153-154. Described: female. Subsequent description. Encarsia aonidiae; Ayyer, 1925: 251. Subsequent description. Encarsia ashmeadi (Girault) CITATIONS: SchmidPo2007a [Da, Ila, Rr]. DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (New South Wales [Giraul1915238]). Coccophagus ashmeadi Girault, 1915238: 50, 56. Type data: Australia: NSW, Chindera (Tweed River). Holotype female, by monotypy. Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; type no. Hy.2930. Described: female. Prospaltella ashmeadi; Compere, 1931: 11. Change of combination. Coccophagus ashmeadi; Dahms, 1983: 59. Encarsia ashmeadi; Viggiani, 1985[233]: 235. Described: female. Illust. Change of combination. Encarsia atlantica Polaszek & Hernández ASSOCIATIONS: Associate - HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodes sp. [new]. DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Canary Islands [HernanCaAg2003]. Encarsia atlantica Polaszek & Hernández, 2003: 60. Type data: Canary Islands: Tenerife. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: London: Natural History Museum, England. Described: both sexes. Illust. Encarsia aureola (Girault) CITATIONS: SchmidPo2007a [Da, Ila, Rr]. DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Giraul1913167]). Prospaltella aureola Girault, 1913[167]: 189. Type data: Australia: QLD, Brisbane. Lectotype female, by subsequent designation ??????, . Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; type no. Hy.1732. Described: female. Coccophagus aureola; Girault, 1915[238]: 53, 56. Described: female. Change of combination. Prospaltella aureola; Compere, 1931: 11. Prospaltella aureola; Dahms, 1983: 76-77. Encarsia aureola; Viggiani, 1985[233]: 236-237. Described: female. Illust. Change of combination. Encarsia aurithorax Girault CITATIONS: SchmidPo2007a [Ila, Rr, Dea]. DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Giraul1913167]). Encarsia aurithorax Girault, 1913[167]: 186-187. Type data: Australia: QLD, Brisbane. Syntypes, female. Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; type no. Hy.1725. Described: female. Encarsia aurithorax; Dahms, 1983: 83. Encarsia aurithorax; Viggiani, 1985[233]: 237. Described: female. Illust. Subsequent description. Encarsia axacaliae Abd-Rabou & Ghari ASSOCIATIONS: Associate - HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae: Axacalia spiranti Danzig [AbdrabGh2007]. DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Iran. Encarsia axacaliae Abd-Rabou & Ghari, 2007: xx. Type data: Iran. Holotype female, by original designation. Described: female. Illust. Encarsia bella (Gahan) Encarsia of the World 4 ASSOCIATIONS: Host - HEMIPTERA Diaspididae: Chionaspis pinifoliae (Fitch) [Gahan1927, LuckDa1975, LuckDa1974]. CITATIONS: LuckDa1974 [Dev, Pa, Ho]; LuckDa1975 [Pa]. DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: United States of America (California [Gahan1924]). Prospaltella bella Gahan, 1927: 21. Type data: USA: MI, Ann Arbor (Agricultural College). Syntypes, both sexes. Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, DC, USA; type no. 29447. Described: both sexes. Encarsia bella; Viggiani, 1986[249]: 62-63. Described: both sexes. Illust. Change of combination. Encarsia bifasciata Schmidt & Polaszek ASSOCIATIONS: Associate - HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae: Aleurodicus sp. [SchmidPo2007b]. CITATIONS: SchmidPo2007a [Da, Ila, Rr]. DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (Queensland [SchmidPo2007b]). Encarsia bifasciata Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007b: 86-87. Type data: Australia: QLD: Forty Mile Scrub. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, Division of Entomology, CSIRO, Australia. Described: female. Illust. Encarsia brahmsi (Girault) CITATIONS: SchmidPo2007a [Da, Ila, Rr]. DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (Queensland [Giraul1933440]). Coccophagus brahmsi Girault, 1933[440]: 2[300]. Type data: Australia: Indooroopilly. Holotype female, by monotypy. Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia. Described: female. Encarsia brahmsi; Hayat, 1989c: 289. Change of combination. Encarsia caelata Schmidt & Polaszek DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (Queensland [SchmidPo2007b]). Encarsia caelata Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007b: 88-89. Type data: Indonesia: Bogor. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: London: Natural History Museum, England. Described: female. Illust. Encarsia caelibaris (Mercet) DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Spain [Mercet1931a]. Prospaltella caelibaris Mercet, 1931a: 561. Type data: Spain: Villa Vicosa de Odon. Holotype male, by monotypy. Type depository: Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain. Described: male. Encarsia cappa Schmidt & Polaszek DISTRIBUTION: Australasian: Australia (Queensland