Eretmocerus

Genus of wasps

Eretmocerus
Eretmocerus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Aphelinidae
Genus: Eretmocerus
Haldeman, 1850[1]
Type species
Eretmocerus corni
Haldeman, 1850
Eretmocerus sp. parasitising Aleurothrixus floccosus larvae

Eretmocerus is a genus of parasitoid wasps; they parasitise immature whiteflies.

Diagnosis

Female with 5-segmented antennae with scape, pedicel, two funicular segments and club (club undifferentiated, often large and oar-shaped); male with 3-segmented antennae composed of scape, pedicel and club (club undifferentiated, elongate and exceptionally large). Forewing with stigmal vein very short; all tarsi with four segments.[2]

Species

About 84 species have been described.[3]

Species with known whitefly hosts include:[3]

  • Eretmocerus antennator
  • Eretmocerus breviclavus
  • Eretmocerus californicus
  • Eretmocerus comperei
  • Eretmocerus corni
  • Eretmocerus delhiensis
  • Eretmocerus diversiciliatus
  • Eretmocerus eremicus
  • Eretmocerus flavus
  • Eretmocerus furuhashii
  • Eretmocerus gracilis
  • Eretmocerus gunturiensis
  • Eretmocerus haldemani
  • Eretmocerus hayati
  • Eretmocerus jimenezi
  • Eretmocerus joeballi
  • Eretmocerus longiscapus
  • Eretmocerus mundus
  • Eretmocerus neobemisiae
  • Eretmocerus orientalis
  • Eretmocerus paulistus
  • Eretmocerus portoricensis
  • Eretmocerus queenslandensis
  • Eretmocerus roseni
  • Eretmocerus rui
  • Eretmocerus serius
  • Eretmocerus staufferi
  • Eretmocerus tejanus
  • Eretmocerus trialeurodis

References

  1. ^ Haldeman, S. S. (1850). "On four new species of Hemiptera of the genera Ploiaria, Chermes, and Aleurodes, and two new Hymenoptera, parasitic in the last named genus". The American Journal of Science. Series 2 (9): 108–111.
  2. ^ Zolnerowich, G. & Rose, M. (2008). "5: The genus Eretmocerus". Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States-a review of interagency research and implementation. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp. 89–109.
  3. ^ a b UCD Community. 2023. Universal Chalcidoidea Database Website. https://ucd.chalcid.org. Accessed on 11 July, 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Eretmocerus
  • Wikidata: Q3056148
  • Wikispecies: Eretmocerus
  • AFD: Eretmocerus
  • BOLD: 51833
  • BugGuide: 693543
  • CoL: 633ZM
  • EoL: 35312
  • EPPO: 1ERETG
  • Fauna Europaea: 68010
  • Fauna Europaea (new): 48560c8c-7793-4d54-ad8c-2d557c967e3b
  • GBIF: 1365769
  • iNaturalist: 250448
  • IRMNG: 1118196
  • NBN: NHMSYS0021212590
  • NCBI: 77301
  • NZOR: 1bf51b88-4492-495b-a2c3-3a390c32cf29
  • Open Tree of Life: 110971
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