Amitus

Amitus
Adult Amitus hesperidum with eggs, nymphs, and pupae of citrus blackfly (Aleurocanthus woglumi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Platygastridae
Subfamily:	Sceliotrachelinae
Genus:	Amitus Haldeman, 1850

Amitus is a genus in the parasitic wasp family Platygastridae. There are at least 16 described species in Amitus. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Amitus:

• Amitus aleurodinis Haldeman, 1850
• Amitus aleurolobi Mani, 1939
• Amitus aleurotubae Viggiani & Mazzone, 1982
• Amitus arcturus Whittaker, 1930
• Amitus croesus Hulden, 1986
• Amitus fuscipennis MacGown & Nebeker, 1978
• Amitus gibbosus MacGown & Nebeker, 1978
• Amitus granulosus MacGown & Nebeker, 1978
• Amitus hesperidum Silvestri, 1927
• Amitus longicornis (Förster, 1878)
• Amitus macgowni Evans & Castillo, 1998
• Amitus minervae Silvestri, 1911
• Amitus pigeanus MacGown & Nebeker, 1978
• Amitus rugosus Viggiani & Mazzone, 1982
• Amitus spiniferus (Brèthes, 1914)
• Amitus vesuvianus Viggiani & Mazzone, 1982

References

1. "ITIS report, Amitus" . Retrieved 2025-01-28.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Amitus Haldeman, 1850" . Retrieved 2025-01-28.