Eretmocerus is a genus of parasitoid wasps; they parasitise immature whiteflies.
| Eretmocerus | |
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| Eretmocerus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Aphelinidae |
| Genus: | Eretmocerus Haldeman, 1850[1] |
| Type species | |
| Eretmocerus corni Haldeman, 1850
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Diagnosis
editFemale 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
editAbout 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b UCD Community. 2023. Universal Chalcidoidea Database Website. https://ucd.chalcid.org. Accessed on 11 July, 2024.
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