1Scape enlarged ventrally, length 3x or less width …………………………………………… 2
1’ Scape length greater than 3x width ………………………………………………………….. 5
2(1) Marginal vein short, about 0.5x length stigmal vein ……………..………………… advena
2’ Marginal vein about equal in length to stigmal vein ………………………………………… 3
3(2) Scape length about 2x width, completely dark basally ……………………………….. indica
3’ Scape length about 3x width, small light area basally ………………………………………… 4
4(3) Dark stripe across face ………………………………………………………………..… sp. 1
4’ Face light, no dark stripe …………………………………………………………..……… sp. 2
5(1) Mesosoma and metasoma all light …………………………………….……..………… sp. 3
5’ Mesosoma at least partially darkened ………………………………………………………… 6
6(5) Dark marking between toruli and eye ……………………………..……………. claripennis
6’ Face not so marked …………………………………………………………………………… 7
7(6) Gena and temple light …………………………………………………..……………… sp. 4
7’ Gena posteriorly and temple darkened ……………………………………………………. sp. 5
Sp. 1 Alameda, Contra Costa (RLZC)
Sp. 2 Stanislaus (RLZC)
Sp. 3 Stanislaus (RLZC), Los Angeles, San Bernardino (UCR), Imperial (UCD), Tuolumne (UCF)
Sp. 4 Tulare (CSCA), Tuolumne (UCF)
Sp. 5 San Bernardino (CAS, UCR)
There is also a male from San Luis Obispo Co. (RLZC)
Described Nearctic species and distribution
advena Beardsley, 1969: Introduced into USA (CA)
claripennis (Timberlake, 1918): USA (CA)
indica Shafee, Alam & Agarwal, 1975: Established in USA (CA)
References
Beardsley, J.W., Jr. 1969. The Anagyrina of the Hawaiian Islands (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 20: 287-310.
Shaffee, S.A., Alam, S.M. & Agarwal, M.M. 1975. Taxonomic survey of encyrtid parasites (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in India. Aligarh Muslim University Publications (Zoological Series) in Indian Insect Types 10: 125 pp.
Timberlake, P.H. 1918. New genera and species of Encyrtidae from California parasitic in mealybugs (Hymenoptera). University of California Publications in Entomology 1: 347-367.