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Genus of wasps

Scelio
Scelio antorides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scelionidae
Subfamily: Scelioninae
Genus: Scelio
Latreille, 1805
Diversity
at least 240 species

Scelio is a large genus (at least 240 and possibly 500 species), the largest within the family Scelionidae, of parasitic wasp whose known target host include the eggs of grasshoppers (Acrididae, Orthoptera). They are found worldwide and some species have been implemented as biological control agents.

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References

  1. Matthew J. Yoder; Alejandro A. Valerio; Andrew Polaszek; Lubomír Masner & Norman F. Johnson (2009). "Revision of Scelio pulchripennis-group species (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)". ZooKeys (20): 53–118. Bibcode:2009ZooK...20...53Y. doi:10.3897/zookeys.20.205.
Taxon identifiers
Scelio


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