Biology:Scelio
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Short description: Genus of wasps
| Scelio | |
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| Scelio antorides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Hymenoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Scelionidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Scelioninae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Scelio 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.20.205.
Wikidata ☰ Q7430695 entry
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