Ixodiphagus is a genus of encyrtid wasp. They lay their eggs into ticks.

Ixodiphagus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Encyrtidae
Subfamily: Encyrtinae
Genus: Ixodiphagus
Howard, 1907
Type species
Ixodiphagus texanus
Howard, 1907
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The following synonyms of Ixodiphagus are known:

  • Australzaomma Girault, 1925
  • Hunterellus Howard, 1908

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