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Genus Tetracnemoidea

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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 Tetracneminae
Genus Tetracnemoidea
Explanation of Names
Tetracnemoidea Howard 1898
Range
A single (introduced) species in our area, 17 total(1)
Food
hosts: Pseudococcidae, esp. Pseudococcus spp.(1)