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Genus Metaphycus

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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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Encyrtidae (Encyrtid Wasps)
Subfamily Encyrtinae
Genus Metaphycus
Explanation of Names
Metaphycus Mercet 1917
Numbers
~60 spp. in our area, >450 spp. worldwide(1)
Remarks
The species Metaphycus alberti (Howard) was brought to California from Australia in 1898 to control Coccus hesperidium (soft brown scale)
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