Galapagos Species Database

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Encarsia lounsburyi (Berlese & Paoli, 1916)

Avispa parasitoide, Parasitoid wasp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Chalcidoidea

Family
Aphelinidae

Genus
Encarsia

Species
lounsburyi

Taxon category: Accepted

Ecology

Substrate or host preferences: Diaspididae

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela, San Cristóbal

References

  • García-Ruilova, A. B. Donoso, D. A., Basset, Y., Carrión-Olmedo, J. C., Garcés-Carrera, S., Jarrín-V, P., Muñoz-Tobar, S. I., Padhye, S., Perez, K. H. J., Sones, J. E., Quiñónez-Sánchez, D., Sánchez, P., Smith, M. A., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Hebert, P. D. N., & Inclán, D. J. (2026) Barcoding Megadiversity: An Arthropod Database from Sites in the Neotropical Eastern Pacific Bioregion. Sci Data 13, 1026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07465-z

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"Galapagos Species Database, Encarsia lounsburyi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25676. Accessed 6 November 2026.