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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 » Tetrastichinae » Aprostocetus

Genus Aprostocetus

Representative Images

Invasion! - Aprostocetus Galls on Unidentified Oak - Aprostocetus Wasp from Disc Gall on Oak - Aprostocetus Pteromalid? from succulent oak gall - Aprostocetus - female Chalcid from dipteran goldenrod rosette gall - Aprostocetus - female Eulophid ex gnorimoschemine ex Eurybia macrophylla - Aprostocetus Tetrastichinae - Aprostocetus - female Tetrastichinae - Aprostocetus - 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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eulophidae
Subfamily Tetrastichinae
Genus Aprostocetus

Explanation of Names

Aprostocetus Westwood 1833

Numbers

>70 spp. in our area, ~760 worldwide(1)
Probably hundreds of species in NA, according to Christer Hansson

Range

Worldwide(1)

Food

Wide range of insects and plants listed as hosts/associates; may be hyperparasitoids(1)

Works Cited

1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 24 July, 2012 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2025 - 11:11am

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