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

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

Diagnosis

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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

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About 84 species have been described.[3]

Species with known whitefly hosts include:[3]

References

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  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.