Biology:Scutellista
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Short description: Genus of wasps
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eunotidae |
| Subfamily: | Eunotinae |
| Genus: | Scutellista Motschulsky, 1859 |
Scutellista is a genus of chalcid wasps.[1] They are parasitoids of scale insects.[2]
Description
The scutellum projects as a roof over about two-thirds of the gaster. The mesoscutum and scutellum have with many scattered short hairs, rather than pairs of strong bristles.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus Scutellista includes the following species:[2]
- Scutellista aenea Kurdjumov, 1912; found in Ukraine.[2]
- Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832), a parasitoid of many scale insect species (Coccoidea); it has been introduced into many countries as a biological control agent, and has a world-wide distribution.[2]
- Scutellista gigantea Berlese, 1916, a parasitoid of the scale insect Ceroplastes mimosae; found in Eritrea.[2]
- Scutellista hayati (Farooqi, 1981), a parasitoid of Cerococcus, a scale insect; found in India[2]
- Scutellista hispanica (Masi, 1931); found in Croatia and Spain.[2]
- Scutellista nigra Mercet, 1910, a parasitoid of scale insects; found in Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, and Spain.[2]
- Scutellista obscura (Foerster, 1878), a parasitoid of scale insects; found in the Palearctic.[2]
- Scutellista ovivora (Ishii, 1928), a parasitoid of Lecanium, a scale insect; found in Japan.[2]
References
- ↑ "Genus Scutellista" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244824-Scutellista.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Noyes, J.S. (March 2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids.
- ↑ Xiao, H., & Huang, D. W. (2001). A review of Eunotinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) from China. Journal of Natural History, 35(11), 1587-1605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/002229301317092342
Wikidata ☰ Q13931713 entry
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