NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Encarsia formosa Gahan, 1924
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 formosa Gahan, 1924
- Name authority
- Gahan, 1924
- 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 formosa Gahan, 1924
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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Trichaporus formosa (Gahan, 1924) (Gahan, 1924) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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BG
FI
FI
CN
CN
Ontario
Madeira
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PR
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PL
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RO
RS
RS
BB
BB
Azores
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AT
DOM
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PT
BM
BM
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TO
Alberta
Australian Capital Territory
England
NZ
NZ
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TR
Tasmania
BR
BR
GR
GR
CA
CA
Texas
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CR
Queensland
British Columbia
New South Wales
CZE
TT
TT
IL
IL
HU
HU
Ohio
CO
CO
JP
JP
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Sardegna
Tver'
CZE-CZ
Newfoundland and Labrador
AR
AR
Michigan
DK
DK
EG
EG
Idaho
Scotland
Prince Edward Island
NO
NO
AU
AU
KOR
KR
IT
IT
DE
DE
Hawaii
GB
GB
JO
JO
PF
PF
SI
SI
Zhytomyr
ESP-00 (Canary Is. aggregation)
NL
NL
ES
ES
TH
TH
SK
SK
Victoria
SE
SE
REU
CH
CH
District of Columbia
PK
PK
Sicily
Primor'ye
Nova Scotia
Vitsyebsk
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FR
FR
California
FJ
FJ
1
FRA-CI
South Australia
IRE
Western Australia
ZA
ZA
Beijing
Québec
Manitoba
BZL-SP
Massachusetts
New York
BE
BE
MX
MX
IRN
IR
Penza
KOR-SK
DZ
DZ
MT
MT
US
US
Kansas
Tashkent
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.
- Gahan, A.B. (1924b) Some new parasitic Hymenoptera with notes on several described forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 65, 1–23.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:39MWV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.