Research Areas

Encyrtidae of California

The Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera) comprise one of the most important groups of insects used for the biological control of economic pests. However there has never been a systematic attempt to characterize the Nearctic fauna. As a preliminary to such a study, I am compiling a checklist of the species found in California, including both native species as well as those established here in biocontrol programs.

Projects

Learn about our sampling work in the Philippines.

We are working towards the digitization of specimens in the California Entomology Collections.

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Entomology
(415) 379-5331
RZuparko@calacademy.org