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Encyrtus

Encyrtus is a parasitic wasp genus in the family Encyrtidae.

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Encyrtus
Encyrtus infelix, New Zealand.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Encyrtidae
Subfamily: Encyrtinae
Genus: Encyrtus
Latreille, 18091
Type species
Chrysis infidus
Rossi, 1790
Species

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Encyrtus is a parasitic wasp genus in the family Encyrtidae.

Selected species

There are 96 species in this genus,2 including:

  • Encyrtus aurantii
  • Encyrtus infelix
  • Encyrtus swederi
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Latreille, P.A. (1809). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum, Privately published. p. 31 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27545395#page/41/mode/1up
  2. Noyes, J.S. (2019). Universal Chalcidoidea Database. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids