Spathius
Spathius galinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Superfamily:
Ichneumonoidea
Family:
Braconidae
Subfamily:
Doryctinae
Genus:
Spathius

Nees, 1818
Species

many, including

Synonyms

Spatheus

Spathius is a genus of doryctine wasps. The larvae of this genus of wasps feed on beetle larvae. They act as biological controllers of the certain pest beetles, such as Hylurgopinus rufipes[1] and the emerald ash borer.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Atlas of World Wildlife.
  2. ↑ Quicke, Donald L. J. (2015). The braconid and ichneumonid parasitoid wasps: biology, systematics, evolution and ecology (1st published ed.). Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell. p. 233. ISBN 9781118907054.
  • Belokobylskij, S.A.; Austin, A.D. 2013: New species of flightless doryctine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Australia and New Zealand. Australian journal of entomology, 52(4), pages 338–355, doi:10.1111/aen.12042
  • Belokobylskij & Maeto 2009: Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Japan. Volume 1. Natura optima dux Foundation, Warszawa, 2009, pages 1–806
  • Belokobylskij, S.A.; Samartsev, K.G. 2014: Palaearctic species of the Spathius exarator species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) with entirely sculptured mesopleuron. Zootaxa 3900 (4), pages 483–504, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.2
  • Tang, P., Belokobylskij, S. & Chen, X-X. 2015: Spathius Nees, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China with a key to species. Zootaxa 3960 (1), pages 1–132, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3960.1.1
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