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Ooencyrtus

Ooencyrtus is a genus of chalcid wasp. William Harris Ashmead named and circumscribed the genus in 1900.

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Ooencyrtus
Ooencyrtus kuvanae in Ottawa, Canada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Encyrtidae
Genus: Ooencyrtus
Ashmead, 1990
Type species
Encyrtus clisiocampae
Ashmead, 1893
Synonyms1
  • Echthrodryinus Perkins, 1906
  • Ectopiognatha Perkins, 1906
  • Fulgoridicida Perkins, 1906
  • Ooencyrtus Ashmead, 1900
  • O. (Encyrtus) Latreille, 1809
  • O. (Ooencyrtellus) Hoffer, 1963
  • O. (Schedius) Howard, 1910
  • Pseudolitomastix Risbec, 1954
  • Schedius Howard, 1910
  • Simmondsiella Noyes, 1980
  • Tetracnemella Girault, 1915
  • Xesmatia Timberlake, 1920

Ooencyrtus is a genus of chalcid wasp.1 William Harris Ashmead named and circumscribed the genus in 1900.2

Species

As of 2017, approximately 320 species are recognized, including:1

  • Ooencyrtus anabrivorus Gahan, 1942
  • Ooencyrtus clisiocampae (Ashmead, 1893)
  • Ooencyrtus johnsoni (Howard, 1898)
  • Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Howard, 1910)
  • Ooencyrtus marcelloi Guerrieri and Noyes, 2010
  • Ooencyrtus papilionis Ashmead, 1905
References

References

  1. Noyes, J. S. (September 2017). "Ooencyrtus". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. Ashmead, William (1900). "On the Genera of Chalcid-flies belonging to the Subfamily Encyrtina" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 22 (1202): 381–382. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.22-1202.323. hdl:2027/hvd.32044072264179. BHL page 32021124.
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