Scelio
| Scelio | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scelio antorides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Scelionidae |
| Subfamily: | Scelioninae |
| Genus: | Latreille, 1805 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 240 species | |
Scelio is a large genus (at least 240 and possibly 500 species), the largest within the family Scelionidae, of parasitic wasp whose known target host include the eggs of grasshoppers (Acrididae, Orthoptera).[1] They are found worldwide and some species have been implemented as biological control agents.
See also
References
- ^ Matthew J. Yoder; Alejandro A. Valerio; Andrew Polaszek; Lubomír Masner & Norman F. Johnson (2009). "Revision of Scelio pulchripennis-group species (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)". ZooKeys (20): 53–118. Bibcode:2009ZooK...20...53Y. doi:10.3897/zookeys.20.205.