Austroencyrtus

Austroencyrtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Encyrtidae
Subfamily:	Encyrtinae
Genus:	Austroencyrtus; Girault, 1923
Type species
	Austroencyrtus annulicornis; Girault, 1923
Synonyms
	Paracerchysius Liao and Tachikawa, 1984 ; Zamenhofella Girault, 1941 ;

Austroencyrtus is a genus of parasitic wasps.

Taxonomic history and synonyms

In 1923, Alexandre Arsène Girault described the species A. annulicornis and circumscribed the new genus Austroencyrtus for it.² In 1941, Girault created a new genus, Zamenhofella for another new species, Z. voltai.³ The genus Zamenhofella was classified as a junior synonym of Austroencyrtus in 1997 by Edward Dahms and Gordon Gordh.⁴ Liao Dingxi and Tetsusaburo Tachikawa circumscribed the genus Paracerchysius for their new species P. ceresii in 1984; Tachikawa synonymized this genus with Austroencyrtus the following year⁴ following the suggestion of Vladimir A. Trjapitzin.⁵

Species

As of 2017, the following species are recognized:¹

Austroencyrtus annulicornis Girault, 1923
Austroencyrtus ceresii (Liao & Tachikawa, 1984)
Austroencyrtus voltai (Girault, 1941)

Former and undescribed species

In 1984, John Noyes (entomologist) and Mohammad Hayat included A. guamensis (Fullaway, 1946), which they had transferred from Cerchysius.⁶ Noyes and Hayat also claimed there were at least three additional undescribed species in Austroencyrtus from Papua New Guinea and New Hebrides.⁶

Distribution

Species in this genus are found in Australia³ and China.⁴

References

Noyes, J. S. (September 2017). "Austroencyrtus". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
Girault, A. A. (1923). "New Encyrtidae from Australia—II (Hymenoptera)" (PDF). Insecutor Inscitiæ Menstruus. 11 (7–9): 141–142. Available at the Internet Archive.
Girault, A. A. (1941). "A new genus of Queensland Chalcidoidea" (PDF). The Queensland Naturalist. 11: 132–134. BHL page 50819220.
Zhang, Yanzhou; Huang, Dawei (2004). A Review and an Illustrated Key to Genera of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China. Beijing: Science Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-1-880132-96-8.
Tachikawa, T. (1985). "On the genus Paracerchysius Liao et Tachikawa (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea-Encyrtidae)". Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society. 17: 95.
Noyes, John S.; Hayat, M. (1984). "A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 48 (3): 238. BHL page 2288642.

[Noyes,_2017-1] Noyes, J. S. (September 2017). "Austroencyrtus". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[Girault,_1923-2] Girault, A. A. (1923). "New Encyrtidae from Australia—II (Hymenoptera)" (PDF). Insecutor Inscitiæ Menstruus. 11 (7–9): 141–142. Available at the Internet Archive.

[Girault,_1941-3] Girault, A. A. (1941). "A new genus of Queensland Chalcidoidea" (PDF). The Queensland Naturalist. 11: 132–134. BHL page 50819220.

[Zhang_et_al.,_2004-4] Zhang, Yanzhou; Huang, Dawei (2004). A Review and an Illustrated Key to Genera of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China. Beijing: Science Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-1-880132-96-8.

[Tachikawa,_1985-5] Tachikawa, T. (1985). "On the genus Paracerchysius Liao et Tachikawa (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea-Encyrtidae)". Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society. 17: 95.

[Noyes_et_al.,_1984a-6] Noyes, John S.; Hayat, M. (1984). "A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 48 (3): 238. BHL page 2288642.

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