NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Encarsia dispersa Polaszek, 2004
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Encarsia dispersa Polaszek, 2004
- Name authority
- Polaszek, 2004
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Aphelinidae
- Genus
- Encarsia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHymenoptera
- suborderApocrita
- infraorderTerebrantes
- superfamilyChalcidoidea Latreille, 1817
- familyAphelinidae Thomson, 1876
- subfamilyCoccophaginae Förster, 1878
- tribeProspaltellini Nikol'skaya & Yasnosh, 1966
- genusEncarsia Förster, 1878
- speciesEncarsia dispersa Polaszek, 2004
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Encarsia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Encarsia abundantia Chou & Su, 1996 | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia accenta Schmidt & Naumann, 2001 | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia albiscutellum (Girault, 1913) | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia aleurothrixi Evans & Polaszek, 1998 | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia aleurotubae Viggiani, 1982 | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia californica Polaszek, 2004 | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia catherineae (Dozier, 1933) | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia cerataphivora Evans, 1995 | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia chaoi Huang & Polaszek, 1998 | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia circumsculpturata Viggiani, 1985 | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia citrofila (Silvestri, 1927) | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encarsia clarus (Dodd, 1917) | AphelinidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
TT
TT
Kerala
GU
GU
AU
AU
FJ
FJ
KI
KI
BJ
BJ
BZL-SP
TWN
TW
Queensland
MV
MV
MX
MX
BZ
BZ
MLY-PM
Andaman and Nicobar
Hawaii
Florida
PH
PH
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Polaszek, A., Manzari, S. & Quicke, D.L.J. (2004) Morphological and molecular taxonomic analysis of the Encarsia meritoria species-complex (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae), parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) of economic importance. Zoologica Scripta, 33, 403–421.Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39MW8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.