Metaphycus alberti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chalcidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Encyrtidae
Subfamilia: Encyrtinae
Genus: Metaphycus
Species: Metaphycus alberti

Name

Metaphycus alberti (Howard, 1898: 247)

• Original genus: Aphycus Mayr, 1875
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: designated (as 'type')
  • Description: [adult female]
  • Repository: USNM 5051
• Type host: Lecanium hesperidum
• Type locality: 'Sidney, New South Wales' [AUSTRALIA NSW, Sydney]

Synonyms

• Metaphycus aurantiacus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1981: 60
• Original genus: Metaphycus Mercet, 1917
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] female
  • Repository: ANIC
• Type host: Coccus hesperidum
• Type locality: 'CALIFORNIA, Albany, ..., lab. stock ex Coccus hesperidum, orig. from Irymple, Vic., Australia'

References

• Annecke, D.P.; Mynhardt, M.J. 1981: The species of the asterolecanii-group of Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from South Africa with notes on some extralimital species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 44(1): 1–68. Full article (PDF) on African Journal Archive Reference page. 
• Howard, L.O. 1898. On some new parasitic insects of the subfamily Encyrtinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 21(1142): 231–248. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mercet, 1917: Bol. Soc. Españ. nat. Hist., 17 (2), Reference page. 
• Noyes, J.S. 1988: Encyrtidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, 13. 192pp. ISBN 0-477-02517-X. PDF. Reference page.  [See p. 87, and figs. 208-210; redescription as Metaphycus aurantiacus]
• Noyes, J.S. 2004: Encyrtidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 2. Metaphycus and related genera, parasitoids of scale insects (Coccoidea) and whiteflies (Aleyrodidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, (73) [Not seen] Reference page.  [See p. 254; synonymy of Metaphycus aurantiacus]
• Wang, Y.; Li, C.-D.; Zhang, Y.-Z. 2013: A taxonomic study of Chinese species of the alberti group of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae). ZooKeys 285: 53-88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.285.4142 Reference page.  [See p. 60, and figs. 8-14; redescription]