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Metaphycus Mercet, 1917

[ Encyrtidae : Encyrtinae ]
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Aenasioidea Girault
Girault, A.A. 1911, The chalcidoid parasites of the coccid Kermes pubescens Bogue, with descriptions of two new genera and three new species of Encyrtidae from Illinois. Canadian Entomologist 43:171     view Girault, A.A.  (1911) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Aenasioidea latiscapus Girault, original designation and monotypy
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Noyes, J.S.; Woolley, J.B. (1994), North American encyrtid fauna (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): taxonomic changes and new taxa. Journal of Natural History 28(6) pp. 1327-1401    
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (page 1329)
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Noyes, J.S.; Woolley, J.B. (1995), Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed precedence over Aenasioidea Girault, 1911. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52(4) pp. 313-315    
Request to ICZN for suppression in favour of Metaphycus Mercet (pages 313-315)
[ Request that Metaphycus be given priority whenever Aenasioidea and Metaphycus are considered to be synonyms. ]
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Opinion 1898. Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): given precedence over Aenasioidea Girault, 1911. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(2) pp. 129-130    
Placed on Official List of Generic Names (pages 129-130)
[ Name placed on Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, with the endorsement that it is not to be given priority over Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms. ]
Aenigmaphycus Sharkov and Voynovich
Sharkov, A.V.; Voynovich, N.D. 1988, A new genus of encyrtids (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from northern Karelia and Finland. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 67(4):826    
New genus
Type species: Aenigmaphycus paluster Sharkov & Voynovich, original designation and monotypy
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Guerrieri, E.; Noyes, J.S. (2000), Revision of European species of genus Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of scale insects. Systematic Entomology 25 pp. 147-222    
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (pages 148-149)
Anaphycus Sugonjaev
Sugonjaev, E.S. 1960, On the species of the genera allied to Aphycus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the european part of the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 39(2):372    
New genus
Type species: Aphycus nitens Kurdjumov, original designation
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Trjapitzin, V.A. (1971), Review of the genera of Palaearctic encyrtids (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae). Trudy Vsesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva 54 pp. 68-155    
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (page 126)
Aphycus (Euaphycus Mercet)
Mercet, R.G. 1921, Fauna Iberica. Himenopteros Fam. Encírtidos. pp.197 Museo Nacional de Ciencas Naturales, Madrid [ Encyrtus hederaceus Westwood was misidentified by Mercet - see Graham, 1969: Polski Pismo Ent. 39:224-225. ]     view Mercet, R.G.  (1921) in PDF format
Subgenus
Type species: Encyrtus hederaceus Westwood, by subsequent designation of, Mercet, R.G. (1925), El género Aphycus y sus afines. Eos. Revista Española di Entomologia. Madrid. 1:23
Aphycus (Metaphycus Mercet)
Mercet, R.G. 1917, Especies españolas del género Aphycus. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 17:138     view Mercet, R.G.  (1917) in PDF format
Subgenus
Type species: Aphycus zebratus Mercet, by monotypy
Erythraphycus Compere
Compere, H. 1947, A report on a collection of Encyrtidae with descriptions of new genera and species. University of California Publications in Entomology 8:7    
New genus
Type species: Erythraphycus argyrocomus Compere, original designation
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Peck, O. (1951), Superfamily Chalcidoidea. (In: Muesebeck, C.F.W., Krombein, K.V. & Townes, H.K. (Editors). Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - synoptic catalog.) Agriculture Monographs. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2 pp. 410-594     view Compere, H.  (1947) in PDF format
Synonym of Aphycus Mayr (page 492)
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Gordh, G.; Trjapitzin, V.A. (1981), Taxonomic studies of the Encyrtidae with the descriptions of new species and a new genus (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 93 pp. 1-64    
Valid genus (pages 21-22)
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Noyes, J.S.; Woolley, J.B. (1994), North American encyrtid fauna (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): taxonomic changes and new taxa. Journal of Natural History 28(6) pp. 1327-1401    
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (page 1329)
Euaphycus Mercet
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Shafee, S.A.; Alam, M.; Agarwal, M.M. (1975), Taxonomic survey of encyrtid parasites (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in India. Aligarh Muslim University Publication, Zoological Series on Indian Insect Types 10 pp. iii+125pp     view   () in PDF format
Valid genus (pages 82-83)
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Fatima, A.; Shafee, S.A. (1994), Studies on the taxonomy of Indian encyrtids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Aligarh Muslim University Publication, Zoological Series on Indian Insect Types 15 pp. 141pp    
Valid genus (pages 111-113)
Melanaphycus Compere
Compere, H. 1947, A report on a collection of Encyrtidae with descriptions of new genera and species. University of California Publications in Entomology 8:5    
New genus
Type species: Pseudococcobius fumipennis Timberlake, original designation
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Peck, O. (1951), Superfamily Chalcidoidea. (In: Muesebeck, C.F.W., Krombein, K.V. & Townes, H.K. (Editors). Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - synoptic catalog.) Agriculture Monographs. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2 pp. 410-594     view Compere, H.  (1947) in PDF format
Synonym of Aphycus Mayr (page 492)
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Noyes, J.S. (1980), A review of the genera of Neotropical Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 41 pp. 107-253     view Compere, H.  (1947) in PDF format
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (page 212)
Mercetiella Dozier
Dozier, H.L. 1926, Some new Porto Rican scale parasites (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 28:98     view Dozier, H.L.  (1926) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Mercetiella reticulata Dozier, by monotypy
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Trjapitzin, V.A.; Gordh, G. (1978), Review of genera of Nearctic Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). II. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 57(3) pp. 636-653    
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (page 636)
Mesaphycus Sugonjaev
Sugonjaev, E.S. 1960, On the species of the genera allied to Aphycus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the european part of the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 39(2):370    
New genus
Type species: Aphycus picearum Erdös, original designation and monotypy
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Guerrieri, E.; Noyes, J.S. (2000), Revision of European species of genus Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of scale insects. Systematic Entomology 25 pp. 147-222    
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (pages 148,149)
Metaphycus Mercet
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Mercet, R.G. (1925), El género Aphycus y sus afines. Eos. Revista Española di Entomologia. Madrid. 1 pp. 7-31     view   () in PDF format
New status for Aphycus Mercet (page 28)
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Peck, O. (1951), Superfamily Chalcidoidea. (In: Muesebeck, C.F.W., Krombein, K.V. & Townes, H.K. (Editors). Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - synoptic catalog.) Agriculture Monographs. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2 pp. 410-594     view   () in PDF format
Synonym of Aphycus Mayr (page 492)
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Graham, M.W.R. de V. (1969), Synonymic and descriptive notes on European Encyrtidae (Hym; Chalcidoidea). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 39 pp. 211-319    
Valid genus (page 230)
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Alam, S.M. (1972), New species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) recorded from India. Bulletin of Entomology. Entomological Society of India. 11(2) pp. 131-137    
Valid genus (pages 133-134)
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Trjapitzin, V.A. (1975), Contribution to the knowledge of parasitic Hymenoptera of the genus Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) of the Czechoslovakian fauna. Studia Entomologica Forestalia 2(1) pp. 5-17    
Valid genus (pages 8-14)
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Trjapitzin, V.A.; Khlopunov, E.N. (1976), New Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera) - parasites of Coccoidea (Homoptera) from Vietnam. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Leningrad. 64 pp. 98-103    
Valid genus (pages 100-101)
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Sugonjaev, E.S. (1977), Novy i maloizbestie vidy rodov Metaphycus Mercet, Mesaphycus Sugonjaev (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) iz primoriya, yuzhnoy sibiri i Kazakhskogo Altaya. Trudy Biologo-Pochvennogo Instituta (Novaya Seriya) 46 pp. 66-74    
Valid genus (pages 73-74)
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Trjapitzin, V.A. (1978), Hymenoptera II. Chalcidoidea 7. Encyrtidae. Opredeliteli Nasekomykh Evropeyskoy Chasti SSR 3 pp. 236-328 (Ed: Medvedev, G.S.)    
Valid genus (page 241)
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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) pp. 1-68    
Valid genus (pages 1-68)
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Kaul, K.; Agarwal, M.M. (1986), Taxonomic studies on encyrtid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of India (with XVII plates). Aligarh Muslim University Publication, Zoological Series on Indian Insect Types 13 pp. i-v,1-89    
Valid genus (page 28)
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Myartseva, S.N. (1987), Paraziticheskiye pereponchatokriliye roda Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) srednyey Azii. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 66(2) pp. 379-388    
Valid genus (pages 379-381)
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Viggiani, G.; Guerrieri, E. (1988), Italian species of the genus Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria 'Filippo Silvestri', Portici 45 pp. 113-139     view   () in PDF format
Valid genus (pages 113-140)
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Noyes, J.S. (1988), Encyrtidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 13 pp. 188pp     view   () in PDF format
Valid genus (page 86)
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Zeya, S.B.; Hayat, M. (1993), A review of the Indian species of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Oriental Insects 27 pp. 185-210     view   () in PDF format
Valid genus (pages 185-210)
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Fatima, A.; Shafee, S.A. (1994), Studies on the taxonomy of Indian encyrtids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Aligarh Muslim University Publication, Zoological Series on Indian Insect Types 15 pp. 141pp    
Valid genus (pages 108-111)
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Noyes, J.S.; Woolley, J.B. (1994), North American encyrtid fauna (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): taxonomic changes and new taxa. Journal of Natural History 28(6) pp. 1327-1401    
Compared with Euogus Noyes and Woolley (page 1367)
Compared with Saera Noyes and Woolley (page 1365)
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Noyes, J.S.; Woolley, J.B. (1995), Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed precedence over Aenasioidea Girault, 1911. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52(4) pp. 313-315    
Request to ICZN for conservation of name (pages 313-315)
[ Request to conserve name as valid name when Metaphycus and Aenasioidea| are considered to be synonyms. ]
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Noyes, J.S.; Hanson, P. (1996), Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Costa Rica: the genera and species associated with jumping plant-lice (Homoptera: Psylloidea). Bulletin of The Natural History Museum (Entomology Series) 65(2) pp. 105-164     view   () in PDF format
Valid genus (pages 119-121)
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Boucek, Z.; LaSalle, J.; Polaszek, A. (1997), Comment on the proposed precedence of Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 over Aenasioidea Girault, 1911 (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54(2) pp. 105-106    
Request to ICZN for conservation of name (pages 105-106)
[ Support for conservation of name Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 if used in synonymy with Aenasioidea Girault, 1911 ]
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Dahms, E.C.; Gordh, G. (1997), A review of the genera of Australian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) described from Australia by A.A. Girault with a checklist of included species. Memoirs on Entomology, International 9 pp. v+518pp    
Possible synonym of Aenasomyiella Girault (page 32)
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Opinion 1898. Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): given precedence over Aenasioidea Girault, 1911. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(2) pp. 129-130    
Placed on Official List of Generic Names (pages 129-130)
[ Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology with the endorsement that it is to be given precedence over Aenasioidea Girault, 1911 whenever the two names are considered synonyms. ]
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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 pp. 459pp    
Compared with Inbiaphycus Noyes (page 357)
Compared with Blastothrix Mayr (page 16)
Compared with Mucrencyrtus Noyes (page 325)
Compared with Cyderius Noyes (page 323)
Compared with Agarwalencyrtus Hayat (page 55)
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Noyes, J.S.; Lozada, P.W. (2005), Metaphycus zdeneki sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from Peru, a parasitoid of Bakerius sp. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovenicae 69(1-2) pp. 209-214    
Compared with Aphycus Mayr (page 210)
Compared with Ooencyrtus Ashmead (page 210)
Notoencyrtus De Santis
De Santis, L. 1964, Encirtidos de la Republica Argentina (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Anales de la Comisión de Investigación Cientifica Provincia de Buenos Aires Gobernación 4:211    
New genus
Type species: Notoencyrtus guttofasciatus De Santis, by monotypy
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Noyes, J.S. (1980), A review of the genera of Neotropical Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 41 pp. 107-253     view De Santis, L.  (1964) in PDF format
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (page 212)
Oaphycus Girault
Girault, A.A. 1932, New pests from Australia X pp.5 Brisbane, private publication     view Girault, A.A.  (1932) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Aphycus sanguinithorax Girault, original designation
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Noyes, J.S.; Hayat, M. (1984), A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 48 pp. 131-395     view Girault, A.A.  (1932) in PDF format
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (page 298)
Tyndarichoides Girault
Girault, A.A. 1920, New syrphidoid, cynipoid, and chalcidoid Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:189 [ Encyrtinae. ]     view Girault, A.A.  (1920) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Tyndarichoides mexicanus Girault, by monotypy
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Trjapitzin, V.A.; Gordh, G. (1982), Redescription of the genus Tyndarichoides (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from Mexico. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 61(11) pp. 1759-1762    
Valid genus (pages 1759-1762)
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Noyes, J.S.; Woolley, J.B. (1994), North American encyrtid fauna (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): taxonomic changes and new taxa. Journal of Natural History 28(6) pp. 1327-1401    
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (page 1329)
Xenaphycus Trjapitzin
Trjapitzin, V.A. 1978, Hymenoptera II. Chalcidoidea 7. Encyrtidae. Opredeliteli Nasekomykh Evropeyskoy Chasti SSR 3:295 (Ed: Medvedev, G.S.)    
New genus
Type species: Paraphycus flavovarius Mercet, by subsequent designation of, Trjapitzin, V.A. (1982), Two new genera of encyrtids (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from the Turkmenian fauna. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoy SSR (Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk) 1982(2):38
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Trjapitzin, V.A. (1982), Two new genera of encyrtids (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from the Turkmenian fauna. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoy SSR (Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk) 1982(2) pp. 38-40    
Valid genus (page 38)
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Guerrieri, E.; Noyes, J.S. (2000), Revision of European species of genus Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of scale insects. Systematic Entomology 25 pp. 147-222    
Synonym of Metaphycus Mercet (pages 148,149)