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Genus Ageniaspis

Encyrtid from Phyllonorycter mine in scrub oak leaf - Ageniaspis bicoloripes Encyrtid from Phyllonorycter mine in scrub oak leaf - Ageniaspis bicoloripes Wasp - Ageniaspis Encyrtid ex Cameraria quercivorella - Ageniaspis bicoloripes Encyrtid ex Cameraria ex Quercus arizonica - Ageniaspis parasitoid of Marmara on Fraxinus - Ageniaspis - male Encyrtid reared from Phyllonorycter on Quercus alba - Ageniaspis bicoloripes Encyrtid reared from Phyllonorycter on Quercus alba - Ageniaspis bicoloripes
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 Ageniaspis
Explanation of Names
Ageniaspis Dahlbom 1857
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 17 total(1)
[A. fuscipennis and A. morio, both described from NM, are now considered nomina nuda]
Identification
key to California spp.(2)
Range
spp. recorded in NA:
Ageniaspis bicoloripes (Girault 1915): ON, NS, CA, TX, NY, MA
Ageniaspis citricola Logvinovskaya 1983: *TX *LA *FL; S America; Europe; Asia; N Africa; Australia
Ageniaspis fuscicollis (Dalman 1820): *BC *WA; ?ON [needs confirmation]; Eurasia; Argentina; Morocco
Ageniaspis scutellatus (Miller 1961): NS
Ageniaspis testaceipes (Ratzeburg 1848): *ON *CT; Eurasia
  • introduced as biocontrol
    • Works Cited
    1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
    2.Zuparko R. (2017-) California Encyrtidae
    Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 5 March, 2013 - 5:32pm
    Additional contributions by v belov
    Last updated 1 June, 2023 - 9:20pm

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