Gonatocerus ashmeadi

Gonatocerus ashmeadi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Mymaridae
Genus:	Gonatocerus
Species:	G. ashmeadi
Binomial name
Gonatocerus ashmeadi Girault, 1915
Synonyms
Cosmocomoidea ashmeadi(Girault, 1915) [1]

Gonatocerus ashmeadi is a species of fairyfly, a hymenopteran in the family Mymaridae. Its natural range is Florida, Louisiana, northeastern Mexico, Mississippi, North Carolina, and eastern Texas. It has spread to southern and central California. It is used to control the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Cosmocomoidea ashmeadi (Girault, 1915)". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
2. Pilkington, Leigh J. & Hoddle, Mark S. (2006). "Reproductive and developmental biology of Gonatocerus ashmeadi (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)". Biological Control. 37 (3): 266–275. Bibcode:2006BiolC..37..266P. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.02.006.
3. Hoddle, Mark S. & Richard Stouthamer (2002). "Is the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Parasitoid Gonatocerus ashmeadi (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) One Species or a Complex of Morphologically Indistinguishable Sibling Species?" (PDF). Proceedings of the Pierce's Disease Research Symposium. Pierce's Disease Research Symposium, 15–18 December 2002, Coronado Island Marriott Resort, San Diego, California. California Department of Food and Agriculture. p. 93.