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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Scelionidae » Telenominae

Subfamily Telenominae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References
Platygastridae? - Telenomus Hymenoptera - Ceraphronidae? - Telenomus Stinkbug egg parasitoids. 8/25/12 - Trissolcus Stinkbug egg parasitoids. Wasp 2. 9/1/12 - Trissolcus edessae - female Tiny Wasp - Telenomus Trissolcus Trissolcus Telenomus sp. Ovipositing on Green Lacewing Egg - Telenomus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Platygastroidea
Family Scelionidae
Subfamily Telenominae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly in Scelionidae...and now back in it.
Numbers
Nearctica lists 73 species in genus Telenomus
Remarks
Some are used as biological controls of pests.
About 800 species have been described; probably this represents half of the total number.
Internet References
Biocontrol News and Information. Biology, ecology and use in pest management of Telenomus remus.
Science Direct.
Ohio State University
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 16 August, 2009 - 12:41am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Arturo Santos
Last updated 25 October, 2023 - 1:29am

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