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Genus of wasps

Eretmocerus
Eretmocerus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Aphelinidae
Genus: Eretmocerus
Haldeman, 1850
Type species
Eretmocerus corni
Haldeman, 1850
Eretmocerus sp. parasitising Aleurothrixus floccosus larvae

Eretmocerus is a genus of parasitoid wasps; they parasitise immature whiteflies.

Diagnosis

Female with 5-segmented antennae with scape, pedicel, two funicular segments and club (club undifferentiated, often large and oar-shaped); male with 3-segmented antennae composed of scape, pedicel and club (club undifferentiated, elongate and exceptionally large). Forewing with stigmal vein very short; all tarsi with four segments.

Species

About 84 species have been described.

Species with known whitefly hosts include:

References

  1. Haldeman, S. S. (1850). "On four new species of Hemiptera of the genera Ploiaria, Chermes, and Aleurodes, and two new Hymenoptera, parasitic in the last named genus". The American Journal of Science. Series 2 (9): 108–111.
  2. Zolnerowich, G. & Rose, M. (2008). "5: The genus Eretmocerus". Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States-a review of interagency research and implementation. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp. 89–109.
  3. ^ UCD Community. 2023. Universal Chalcidoidea Database Website. https://ucd.chalcid.org. Accessed on 11 July, 2024.
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Eretmocerus
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