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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eulophidae » Entiinae » Astichus

Genus Astichus

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Eulophid wasp - Astichus Eulophid wasp - Astichus Eulophid wasp - Astichus Chalcid Wasp - Astichus Chalcid Wasp - Astichus Eulophid - Astichus Hymenoptera, Eulophidae. Astichus - Astichus Hymenoptera, Eulophidae. Astichus - Astichus

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 Eulophidae
Subfamily Entiinae
Genus Astichus

Explanation of Names

Astichus Förster 1856

Numbers

~30 described species(1)

Food

hosts: Ciidae & Tenebrionidae(2)

Internet References

Taxon page(2)

Works Cited

1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.A handbook of the families of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). 2nd Edition
Grissell E.E., Schauff M. E. 1997. Ent. Soc. Wash. 87pp.
Contributed by Bob Zuparko on 21 February, 2018 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 February, 2018 - 7:35pm

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