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Genus Telenomus

Another tiny parasitic wasp - Telenomus Egg parasitoid wasp - Telenomus - female Tiny Wasp - Telenomus Unid. Chalcidoid - Telenomus - female Wasp - Telenomus Platygastridae, wasp #1, lateral - Telenomus Parasitoid wasps from hemipteran eggs - Telenomus 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
Genus Telenomus
Explanation of Names
Telenomus Haliday 1833
Numbers
~80 spp. in our area, several hundreds worldwide(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Food
hosts listed here(1)
Life Cycle
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