Encyrtus

Encyrtus
Encyrtus infelix, New Zealand.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Encyrtidae
Subfamily: Encyrtinae
Genus: Encyrtus
Latreille, 1809
Type species
Chrysis infidus
Rossi, 1790
Species

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Encyrtus is a parasitic wasp genus in the family Encyrtidae, first described in 1809. Like most within the subfamily Encyrtinae, this genus comprises parasitoids of scale insects.

Selected species

There are 96 species in this genus, including:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Latreille, P.A. (1809). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum, Privately published. p. 31 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27545395#page/41/mode/1up
  2. 1 2 "Encyrtus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  3. ↑ Ashmead, William H. (1900). "On the genera of the chalcid-flies belonging to the subfamily Encyrtinae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 22 (1202): 323–412. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.22-1202.323. ISSN 0096-3801.