Syntretus is a genus of parasitoid wasps. Most parasitize adult hymenopterans, though one species (Syntretus perlmani) parasitizes adult Drosophila fruit flies.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Subfamily: | Euphorinae |
Tribe: | Syntretini |
Genus: | Syntretus Foerster, 1862[1] |
Species | |
Several, including: | |
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References
edit- ^ Synopsis der familien und Gattungen der Braconen. A Foerster, 1862
- ^ Moore, Logan D.; Chris Amuwa, Toluwanimi; Shaw, Scott Richard; Ballinger, Matthew J. (2024-09-11). "Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies". Nature: 1–8. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07919-7. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 11424482.
- Achterberg, C., van; Haeselbarth, E. 2003: Revision of the genus Syntretus Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from Europe. Zoologische mededelingen, 77, pages 9–78. ISSN 0024-0672
- Gloag, R.; Shaw, S.R.; Burwell, C. 2009: A new species of Syntretus Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae), a parasitoid of the stingless bee Trigona carbonaria Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Australian journal of entomology, 48, pages 8–14, doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00666.x