Annual Report of Introduced Beneficial Organisms Released in the United States and Territories - 1981

Section V - Species of Introduced Beneficial Organisms (Excluding Plants) Released in U.S. and Territories - 1981

Arranged Alphabetically by Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, with Type of Organism

Class: Adenophorea
  Order: Enoplida
   Family: Mermithidae
     Filipjevimermis leipsandra Poinar & Welch,1978 PA               
     Hexamermis sp.  PA

Class: Arachnida (Acari)
  Order: Acariformes
   Family: Podapolipidae
     Coccipolipus epilachnae Smiley PA

  Order: Parasitiformes
   Family: Phytoseiidae
     Amblyseius colimensis Aponte PR                                 
     Amblyseius herbicolus Chant PR
     Euseius addoensis rubicolus (van der Merwe&Ryke) PR             
     Euseius citri (van der Merwe&Ryke) PR
     Euseius citrifolius (Denmark & Muma) PR                         
     Euseius elinae (Schicha) PR
     Euseius hibisci (Chant) PR                                      
     Euseius quetzali McMurtry,Bad.&Congd. PR
     Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot) PR                          
     Euseius tutsi (Pritchard & Baker) PR
     Galendromus occidentalis (Nesbitt) PR                           
     Galendromus porresi (McMurtry) PR
     Iphiseius degenerans (Berlese) PR                               
     Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) PR
     Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) PR                              
     Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot PR
     Phytoseius hawaiiensis Prasad PR                                
     Typhlodromus annectens DeLeon PR

Class: Gastropoda
  Order: Pulmonata
   Family: Subulinidae
     Rumina decollata Linnaeus PR

Class: Insecta
  Order: Coleoptera
   Family: Anthribidae
     Anthribus nebulosus F”rster PR 

   Family: Carabidae
     Calosoma sycophanta (Linnaeus) PR

   Family: Cerambycidae
     Oberea erythrocephala (Schrank) WE

   Family: Chrysomelidae
     Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt WE                           
     Chrysolina quadrigemina (Suffrian) WE

   Family: Coccinellidae
     Calvia quatuordecimguttata (Linnaeus) PR                        
     Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus PR
     Delphastus catalinae (Horn) PR                                  
     Exochomus flavipes (Thunberg) PR
     Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) PR                                   
     Harmonia conformis (Boisduval) PR
     Hyperaspis senegalensis hottentota Mulsant PR                   
     Menochilus quadriplagiatus (Swartz) PR
     Nephaspis bicolor Gordon PR                                     
     Nephaspis oculata (Blatchley) PR
     Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus) PR                                
     Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus) PR
     Stethorus picipes Casey PR

   Family: Curculionidae
     Hadroplontus litura (Fabricius) WE                              
     Microlarinus lareynii (Jacquelin du Val) WE
     Microlarinus lypriformis (Wollaston) WE                         
     Neochetina bruchi Hustache WE
     Neochetina eichhorniae Warner WE                                
     Rhinocyllus conicus (Froelich) WE
     Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) WE

   Family: Histeridae
     Atholus maindronii (Lewis) PR                                   
     Pactolinus parallelus (Redtenbacher) PR

   Family: Scarabaeidae
     Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche) OT                           
     Onitis alexis Klug OT
     Onthophagus bonasus (Fabricius) OT

   Family: Staphylinidae
     Philothalpus analis (Erichson) PR

  Order: Diptera
   Family: Cecidomyiidae
     Cystiphora schmidti (Ruebsaamen) WE                             
     Zeuxidiplosis giardi (Kieffer) WE

   Family: Tachinidae
     Ametadoria misella (Wulp) PA                                    
     Compsilura concinnata (Meigen) PA
     Cyzenis albicans (Fall‚n) PA                                    
     Voria ruralis (Fall‚n) PA

   Family: Tephritidae
     Urophora affinis (Frauenfeld) WE                                
     Urophora cardui (Linnaeus) WE
     Urophora quadrifasciata (Meigen) WE
            
  Order: Heteroptera
   Family: Pentatomidae
     Dinorhynchus dybowskyi Jakovlev PR                              
     Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff) PR
     Oplomus severus Breddin PR

  Order: Hymenoptera
   Family: Anthophoridae
     Pithitis smaragdula (Fabricius) PO

   Family: Aphelinidae
     Aphytis melinus DeBach PA                                       
     Aphytis sp.  PA
     Aspidiotiphagus sp.  PA                                         
     Cales noacki Howard PA
     Coccophagus rusti Compere PA                                    
     Encarsia ?haitiensis Dozier PA
     Encarsia formosa Gahan PA                                       
     Encarsia opulenta (Silvestri) PA
     Encarsia pergandiella Howard PA                                 
     Encarsia smithi (Silvestri) PA
     Encarsia sp.  PA                                                
     Eretmocerus ?californicus Howard PA
     Eretmocerus sp.  PA                                             
     Prococcophagus probus Annecke PA
     Prococcophagus saissetiae Annecke & Mynhardt PA

   Family: Aphidiidae
     Aphidius ervi Haliday PA                                        
     Aphidius matricariae Haliday PA
     Ephedrus plagiator (Nees) PA                                    
     Praon flavinode (Haliday) PA

   Family: Bethylidae
     Goniozus legneri Gordh PA

   Family: Braconidae
     Aleiodes lymantriae (Watanabe) PA                               
     Apanteles scutellaris Muesebeck PA
     Biosteres sublaevis Wharton PA                                  
     Chelonus mccombi Marsh PA
     Cotesia melanoscelus (Ratzeburg) PA                             
     Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) PA
     Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday) PA                                   
     Dacnusa dryas (Nixon) PA
     Dendrosoter protuberans (Nees) PA                               
     Diachasmimorpha tryoni (Cameron) PA
     Digonogastra kimballi Kirkland PA                               
     Glyptapanteles flavicoxis (Marsh) PA
     Glyptapanteles harrisinae (Muesebeck) PA                        
     Heterospilus annulatus Marsh PA
     Heterospilus megalopus Marsh PA                                 
     Meteorus pulchricornis (Wesmael) PA
     Microctonus aethiopoides Loan PA                                
     Microctonus colesi Drea PA
     Microplitis demolitor (Wilkinson) PA                            
     Opius dissitus Muesebeck PA
     Peristenus digoneutis Loan PA                                   
     Peristenus rubricollis (Thomson) PA
     Peristenus stygicus Loan PA                                     
     Phanerotoma sp.  PA
   
   Family: Chalcididae
     Brachymeria intermedia (Nees) PA                                
     Brachymeria lasus (Walker) PA

   Family: Diapriidae
     Coptera evansi Muesebeck PA                                     
     Coptera occidentalis Muesebeck PA

   Family: Encyrtidae
     Cerchysiella utilis (Noyes) PA                                  
     Comperia merceti (Compere) PA
     Comperiella sp.  PA                                             
     Encyrtus saliens Prinsloo & Annecke PA
     Habrolepis sp.  PA                                              
     Metaphycus funicularis Annecke PA
     Metaphycus stramineus (Compere) PA                              
     Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Howard) PA
     Ooencyrtus malayensis FerriŠre PA                               
     Pentalitomastix plethorica Caltagirone PA

   Family: Eucoilidae
     Aganaspis daci (Weld) PA

   Family: Eulophidae
     Chrysocharis caribea Boucek PA                                  
     Chrysocharis laricinellae (Ratzeburg) PA
     Chrysocharis liriomyzae Delucchi PA                             
     Chrysocharis nitetis (Walker) PA
     Chrysocharis oscinidis Ashmead PA                               
     Chrysocharis sp.  PA
     Chrysonotomyia formosa (Westwood) PA                            
     Chrysonotomyia ruforum (Krausse) PA
     Edovum puttleri Grissell PA                                     
     Euplectrus puttleri Gordh PA
     Neochrysocharis formosa (Westwood) PA                           
     Oomyzus gallerucae (Fonscolombe) PA
     Oomyzus incertus (Ratzeburg) PA                                 
     Pediobius facialis (Giraud) PA
     Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford) PA                              
     Tetrastichus julis (Walker) PA

   Family: Eupelmidae
     Anastatus disparis Ruschka PA

   Family: Ichneumonidae
     Agrypon flaveolatum (Gravenhorst) PA                            
     Bathyplectes anurus (Thomson) PA
     Bathyplectes curculionis (Thomson) PA                           
     Campoplex frustranae Cushman PA
     Campoplex n. sp.  PA                                            
     Diadegma laricinellum (Strobl) PA
     Diadegma sp.  PA                                                
     Diaparsis temporalis Horstmann PA
     Grypocentrus albipes Ruthe PA                                   
     Lathrolestes nigricollis (Thomson) PA
     Lemophagus curtus Townes PA                                     
     Lophyroplectus oblongopunctatus (Hartig) PA
     Olesicampe benefactor Hinz PA                                   
     Pimpla disparis Viereck PA
     Scambus aplopappi (Ashmead) PA
            
   Family: Megachilidae
     Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski) PO                              
     Osmia lignaria propinqua Cresson PO

   Family: Mymaridae
     Anaphes flavipes (F”rster) PA 

   Family: Platygastridae
     Amitus ?spiniferus (BrŠthes) PA                                 
     Amitus hesperidum Silvestri PA

   Family: Pteromalidae
     Catolaccus grandis (Burks) PA                                   
     Spalangia endius Walker PA

   Family: Scelionidae
     Telenomus chloropus Thomson PA

   Family: Sphecidae
     Larra bicolor Fabricius PA

   Family: Tetracampidae
     Dipriocampe diprioni (FerriŠre) PA

   Family: Torymidae
     Monodontomerus dentipes (Dalman) PA

   Family: Trichogrammatidae
     Trichogramma platneri Nagarkatti PA                             
     Trichogramma pretiosum Riley PA

  Order: Lepidoptera
   Family: Coleophoridae
     Coleophora klimeschiella Toll WE                                
     Coleophora parthenica Meyrick WE

   Family: Crambidae
     Sameodes albiguttalis (Warren) WE

   Family: Gelechiidae
     Metzneria paucipunctella Zeller WE
             
  Order: Thysanoptera
   Family: Phlaeothripidae
     Amynothrips andersoni O'Neill WE

Class: Secernentia
  Order: Rhabditida
   Family: Steinernematidae
     Steinernema carpocapsae (Weiser, 1955) PA