Tetramesa is a genus of phytophagous wasps. [1] The genus has over 200 described species. [3] They are generally species-specific gall inducers and can be used as biological control for invasive grasses. Adults feed on nectar. [4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eurytomidae |
| Subfamily: | Eurytominae |
| Genus: | Tetramesa Walker, 1848 |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Zerova, M. D.; Fursov, V. N. (1 February 2016). "A Redescription and New Data on the Distribution of Tetramesa phragmitis (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae)". Vestnik Zoologii. 50 (1): 85–88. doi:10.1515/vzoo-2016-0010.
- ^ "Tetramesa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ van Steenderen, Clarke J. M.; Sutton, Guy F.; Yell, Liam D.; Canavan, Kim; McConnachie, Andrew J.; Day, Michael D.; Paterson, Iain D. (1 December 2023). "Phylogenetic analyses reveal multiple new stem-boring Tetramesa taxa (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): implications for the biological control of invasive African grasses". BioControl. 68 (6): 697–708. Bibcode:2023BioCo..68..697V. doi:10.1007/s10526-023-10231-4. ISSN 1573-8248.
- ^ Lotfalizadeh, Hossein; Rasplus, Jean-Yves; Cristofaro, Massimo; Marini, Francesca (18 December 2020). "Tetramesa amica and its parasitoid Eurytomaamicophaga (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae): two new species associated with medusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae (Poaceae)". ZooKeys (1005): 133–149. Bibcode:2020ZooK.1005..133L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1005.56353. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 7762749. PMID 33390758.
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