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Encyrtus fuscus (Howard, 1881)
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
- Encyrtus fuscus (Howard, 1881)
- Name authority
- (Howard, 1881)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Encyrtidae
- Genus
- Encyrtus
- 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
- familyEncyrtidae Walker, 1837
- subfamilyEncyrtinae Walker, 1837
- genusEncyrtus Latreille, 1809
- speciesEncyrtus fuscus (Howard, 1881)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Encyrtus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Encyrtus aeneus De Stefani, 1886 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus bicolor De Stefani, 1886 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus changjiensis Xu, 2000 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus corvinus Motschulsky, 1863 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus cotterelli Waterston, 1922 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus decorus Prinsloo & Annecke, 1978 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus fuliginosus Compere, 1940 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus fuscosus Singh & Agarwal, 1993 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus hokkaidonis Tachikawa, 1963 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus infelix (Embleton, 1902) | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus infidus (Rossi, 1790) | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Encyrtus ludmilae Sugonjaev, 1999 | EncyrtidaeArthropoda | 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 |
|---|---|
| Bothriothorax peckhamii Ashmead, 1886 Ashmead, 1886 | synonym |
| Eucomys californicus Girault, 1917 Girault, 1917 | synonym |
| Eucomys fuscus (Howard, 1881) (Howard, 1881) | synonym |
| Comys peckhamii (Ashmead, 1886) (Ashmead, 1886) | synonym |
| Encyrtus (Eucomys) californicus (Girault, 1917) (Girault, 1917) | synonym |
| Howardiella peckhamii (Ashmead, 1886) (Ashmead, 1886) | synonym |
| Chiloneurus maculatipennis Provancher, 1887 Provancher, 1887 | synonym |
| Eucomys peckhamii (Ashmead, 1886) (Ashmead, 1886) | synonym |
| Eucomys atys Girault, 1917 Girault, 1917 | synonym |
| Comys fusca Howard, 1881 Howard, 1881 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
CA
CA
Wisconsin
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.
- Howard, L.O. (1881a) (In Comstock, J.H. - Report of the entomologist for 1880.) Report of the parasites of Coccidae in the collections of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Part III. Report. United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. (Entomology), 1880, 235–372, plates I-XXIV.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:39PYT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.