Neocladia Howard

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

Neocladia Perkins, 1906: 251. Type species: Neocladia howardi Perkins, 1906, by monotypy.
Anagyrodes Girault, 1915: 155. Type species: Anagyrodes maximus Girault, 191 5, by original designation. Synonymy by Trjapitzin & Triapitsyn, 2010.
Paracladella Girault, 1920: 142. Type species: Paracladella globosa Girault, 1920, by monotypy. Synonymy by Trjapitzin & Triapitsyn, 2010.
Carabunia Waterston, 1928: 249. Type species: Carabunia myersi Waterston, by original designation. Synonymy by Trjapitzin & Triapitsyn, 2010.
Elijahia Girault, 1928a: I. Type species: Elijahia poeta Girault, 1928, by monotypy. Synonymy under Carabunia by Noyes & Hayat, 1984: 244. Synonymy by Trjapitzin & Triapitsyn, 2010.
Schillerana Girault, 1932: 6. Type species: Schillerana dilatata Girault, 1932, by monotypy. Synonymy under Carabunia by Noyes & Hayat, 1984: 244. Synonymy by Trjapitzin & Triapitsyn, 2010.
Other synonyms of Neocladia are listed in Dahms & Gordh (1997) and Noyes (2010).

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Endoparasitoids of hemipteran nymphs in the families: Aphrophoridae, Cicadellidae, Cercopidae, Clastopteridae, Jassidae (Trjapitzin & Triapitsyn, 2010).

References

Subba Rao, B.R. 1973. Description of two new species of Carabunia Waterston (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Oriental Insects 7: 485-489.

Trjapitzin, V.A. & S.V. Triapitsyn 2010. On the genus Neocladia Perkins, 1906 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), with description of two new species. Russian Entomological Journal 19: 123-135.

Credits

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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