Scelio

Scelio
Scelio antorides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scelionidae
Subfamily: Scelioninae
Genus: Scelio
Latreille, 1805
Diversity
at least 240 species

Scelio is a large genus (at least 240 and possibly 500 species), the largest within the family Scelionidae, of parasitic wasp whose known target host include the eggs of grasshoppers (Acrididae, Orthoptera).[1] They are found worldwide and some species have been implemented as biological control agents.

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References

  1. ^ Matthew J. Yoder; Alejandro A. Valerio; Andrew Polaszek; Lubomír Masner & Norman F. Johnson (2009). "Revision of Scelio pulchripennis-group species (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)". ZooKeys (20): 53–118. Bibcode:2009ZooK...20...53Y. doi:10.3897/zookeys.20.205.


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