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Encyrtinae

Encyrtine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Encyrtidae)

Classification

 

Acerophagus Smith,1880  

Achalcerinys Girault,1915  

Adelencyrtus Ashmead,1900    

Adencyrtus Prinsloo,1977  

Aethognathus Silvestri, 1915

Agarwalencyrtus Hayat, 1981

Ageniaspis Dahlbom,1857    

Allencyrtus Annecke & Mynhardt, 1973

Aloencyrtus Prinsloo,1978    

Amira Girault,1913  

Anasemion Annecke, 1967

Anicetus Howard, 1896

 

Anthemus Howard,1896    

Aphycus Mayr,1876    

Argutencyrtus Prinsloo & Annecke,1974   

Arrhenophagoidea Girault,1915   

Arrhenophagus Aurivillius,1888    

Astymachus Howard,1898   

Blastothrix Mayr,1876    

Bothriophryne Compere,1937   

Caenohomalopoda Tachikawa,1979   

Carabunia Waterston,1928    

Cerapterocerus Westwood,1833    

Cerchysiella Girault,1914    

Cerchysius Westwood,1832

Cheiloneurus Westwood,1833    

Chrysomelechthrus Trjapitzin,1977   

Coccidencyrtus Ashmead,1900    

Coccidoctonus Crawford,1912    

Coccopilatus Annecke,1963 

Coelopencyrtus Timberlake,1919    

Comperia Gomes,1942   

Comperiella Howard,1906    

Copidosoma Ratzeburg,1844    

Diaphorencyrtus Hayat,1981    

Dionencyrtus De Santis,1985 

Discodes Förster,1856

Diversinervus Silvestri,1915    

Ectroma Westwood,1833    

Encyrtus Latreille,1809    

Epiencyrtus Ashmead,1900    

Erencyrtus Mahdihassan,1923  

Exoristobia Ashmead,1904    

Habrolepis Förster,1856    

Hadrencyrtus Annecke & Mynhardt,1973    

Helegonatopus Perkins,1906    

Hemileucoceras Hoffer,1976    

Hesperencyrtus Annecke,1971    

Homalotyloidea Mercet,1921    

Homalotylus Mayr,1876    

Isodromus Howard,1887   

Ixodiphagus Howard,1907    

Laccacida Prinsloo,1977   

Lakshaphagus Mahdihassan,1931    

Lombitsikala Risbec,1957    

Mahencyrtus Masi,1917    

Mayridia Mercet,1921   

Metaphycus Mercet,1917
 

Microterys Thomson,1876    

Neastymachus Girault,1915    

Negeniaspidius

Neocladia

Neococcidencyrtus

Oobius

Ooencyrtus Ashmead,1900    

Paraphaenodiscus

Paratetracnemoidea Girault, 1915
 

Parechthrodryinus

Prionomastix Mayr,1876    

Prochiloneurus Silvestri,1915    

Proleurocerus

Pseudaphycus Clausen,1915    

Pseudectroma Girault,1915    

Psyllaephagus Ashmead,1900    

Psyllechthrus

Rhytidothorax

Ruandella

Sanghalia

Stemmatosteres

Syrphophagus Ashmead,1900    

Tachardiaephagus Ashmead,1904    

Tachinaephagus

Trechnites

Tremblaya

Trichomasthus Thomson,1876    

Xenostryxis

Xylencyrtus

Zaomma

Zozoros

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

References

Annecke, D.P.; Insley, H.P. 1971, Catalogue of Ethiopian Encyrtidae and Aphelinidae. Entomology Memoir of the Department of Agricultural Technical Services of the Republic of South Africa 23: 1-53.

Gibson A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Noyes, J.S.; Prinsloo, G.L. 1998, A review of the Afrotropical and Malagasy taxa of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) described by J. Risbec (1949-1959). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 34(1): 71-97.

Prinsloo, G.L. 1983, A parasitoid-host index of Afrotropical Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Entomology Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa 60: 1-35.

Prinsloo, G.L. 1997, Parasitoids. Encyrtidae. World Crop Pests 7B:78-85

Prinsloo, G.L. & D.P. Annecke. 1979. A key to the genera of Encyrtidae from the Ethiopian region, with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 42: 349-382.

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