Encarsia Förster, 1878

Kresslein, Robert L., Polaszek, Andrew, Burks, Roger A., Mottern, Jason L., Lahey, Zachary & Heraty, John M., 2025, Nomenclatural spring cleaning: tidying Aphelinidae of taxa that do not spark joy, and a new species of Prococcobius Hayat (Aphelinidae: Coccophaginae), Journal of Natural History 59 (9 - 12), pp. 609-653 : 616-617

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2436124

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14982168

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4419F96A-945A-FFD4-623C-FA97D8D2FD7D

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scientific name

Encarsia Förster, 1878
status

 

Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL

Encarsia Förster, 1878: 65 View in CoL . Type species: Encarsia tricolour Förster by original monotypy. Official List of Generic Names in Zoological Nomenclature in ICZN 1985: 285–286.

Aspidiotiphagus Howard, 1894: 229 View in CoL [in Howard 1894a]. Type species: Coccophagus citrinus Craw, 1891 View in CoL . Subjective synonym of Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL in Viggiani and Mazzone 1979: 44.

Prospalta Howard, 1894: 227–236 View in CoL [in Howard 1894a]. Type species: Coccophagus aurantii Howard, 1894 View in CoL by subsequent designation in Howard 1894a. Designated by ICZN 1968: 12–13. Preoccupied by Prospalta Walker, 1858 View in CoL ( Noctuidae View in CoL : Lepidoptera View in CoL ).

Prospaltella Ashmead, 1904: 126 View in CoL [in Ashmead 1904b]. Type species: Prospaltella aurantii View in CoL by subsequent designation. Replacement name for Prospalta Howard. Subjective View in CoL synonym of Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL in Viggiani and Mazzone 1979: 44.

Mimatomus Cockerell, 1911: 464 View in CoL . Type species: Mimatomus peltatus Cockerell, 1911 View in CoL by original monotypy. Subjective synonym of Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL in Girault 1917b: 114. Doloresia Mercet, 1912: 294 View in CoL . Type species: Prospaltella filicornis Mercet, 1912 View in CoL by original designation. Subjective synonym of Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL in Mercet 1930: 191.

Allomymar Kieffer, 1913: 30 View in CoL . syn. n. Type species: Allomymar taitae Kieffer, 1913 View in CoL by original monotypy.

Prospaltoides Brèthes, 1914: 12 View in CoL . Type species: Prospaltoides howardi Brèthes, 1914 View in CoL by original monotypy. Subjective synonym of Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL in Brèthes 1916: 429. Dirphys Howard, 1914: 81 View in CoL . Type species: Mesidia mexicana Howard, 1907 View in CoL by original monotypy. Subjective synonym of Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL in Polaszek et al. 2023: 6.

Aleurodiphilus DeBach and Rose, 1981: 659–660 View in CoL . Type species: Aleurodiphilus americanus DeBach and Rose, 1981 View in CoL by original designation. Subjective synonym of Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL in Hayat 1983: 85.

Encarsiella Hayat, 1983: 85 View in CoL . Type species: Encarsiella noyesi Hayat, 1983 View in CoL by original monotypy. Subjective synonym of Encarsia Förster, 1878 View in CoL in Shafee and Rizvi 1985: 379.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Aphelinidae

SubFamily

Coccophaginae

Loc

Encarsia Förster, 1878

Kresslein, Robert L., Polaszek, Andrew, Burks, Roger A., Mottern, Jason L., Lahey, Zachary & Heraty, John M. 2025
2025
Loc

Aleurodiphilus

Hayat M 1983: 85
1983
Loc

Encarsiella

Shafee SA & Rizvi S 1985: 379
Hayat M 1983: 85
1983
Loc

Aspidiotiphagus

Viggiani G & Mazzone P 1979: 44
1979
Loc

Prospaltella

Viggiani G & Mazzone P 1979: 44
1979
Loc

Prospalta Howard, 1894: 227–236

ICZN 1968: 12
1968
Loc

Prospaltoides Brèthes, 1914: 12

Polaszek A & Hernandez-Suarez E & Kresslein RL & Hanson P & Schmidt S & MacKenzie-Dodds J & Schmidt S 2023: 6
Brethes J 1916: 429
Brethes J 1914: 12
Howard LO 1914: 81
1914
Loc

Allomymar

Kieffer 1913: 30
1913
Loc

Mimatomus

Mercet RG 1930: 191
Girault AA 1917: 114
Mercet RG 1912: 294
Cockerell TDA 1911: 464
1911
Loc

Encarsia Förster, 1878: 65

ICZN 1985: 285
Forster A 1878: 65
1878
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