Pediobius

Pediobius
Pediobius metallicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Eulophidae
Subfamily:	Entedoninae
Genus:	Pediobius Walker, [1] 1846
Type species
Pediobius imbreus (Walker, 1846)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Amestocharis Girault, 1913 ChrysoatomoidesGirault, 1913 Cluthaira Cameron, 1912 Entedon (Pediobius)Walker, 1846 EntedonomyiaGirault, 1915 EntedonopseusGirault, 1915 EpacriasGirault, 1913 EpipleurotropisGirault, 1917 Heptomerus Rondani, 1874 HorismenopsisGirault, 1915 MesentedonGirault, 1920 MestocharoideusGirault, 1913 MestocharomyiaGirault, 1915 Microterus Spinola, 1811 NeopseudacriasGirault, 1915 Pleurotropis Förster, 1856 PseudacriasGirault, 1913 PseudacriasoidesGirault, 1917 RhopalotusFörster, 1856 SpartiophilusRondani, 1872

Pediobius is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the chalcid wasp family Eulophidae. Like their relatives, the larvae of these diminutive wasps are parasitoids of various arthropods (mainly insects). Some Pediobius are used in biological pest control.

There are over 200 species in the genus Pedobius ^[1] and these include:

• Pediobius eubius (Walker, 1839) ^[2]
• Pediobius foveolatus Crawford, 1912
• Pediobius imbreus (Walker, 1846)
• Pediobius lysis (Walker, 1839)
• Pediobius metallicus (Nees, 1834)
• Pediobius parvulus (Ferrière, 1933)

References

1. GUMOVSKY, ALEX (2018-06-21). "New enigmatic species of the genus Pediobius (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Afrotropics, with notes on related genera". Zootaxa. 4438 (2). Magnolia Press: 201–236. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   30313142.
2. Samin, N.; Yegorenkova, E. (2014). "To study family Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of northwestern Iran". Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 49 (2). Akademiai Kiado Zrt.: 235–243. doi:10.1556/aphyt.49.2014.2.9. ISSN   0238-1249.

• Key to Nearctic eulophid genera
• Universal Chalcidoidea Database