Telenomus

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Telenomus
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Telenomus sp. emerging from eggs of Heteroptera, probably Liorhyssus hyalinus (Rhopalidae), laid on Lactuca serriola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scelionidae
Subfamily: Telenominae
Genus: Telenomus
Haliday, 1833
Species

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Telenomus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the subfamily Telenominae. [1] The genus was first described by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833. [1] [2] Species in this genus parasitise the eggs or immature stages of other insects. [3]

Known hosts include: Agrius convolvuli , Amsacta moorei , Bagrada hilaris , Chilo auricilius , Cricula trifenestrata , Eudocima fullonia , Helicoverpa armigera , Helicoverpa punctigera , Helopeltis antonii , Helopeltis theivora , Leptocybe invasa , Orgyia postica , Piezodorus hybneri , and Sahlbergella singularis . [3]


Species

This list is incomplete: See List of Telenomus species.

References

  1. 1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Telenomus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  2. ↑ A.H. Haliday (1833). "An Essay on the Classification of the Parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain Which Correspond with the Ichneumones Minuti of Linnaeus" (PDF). Entomological Magazine . 1: 259-276 [271]. ISSN   1359-1916. Wikidata   Q4750284.
  3. 1 2 "Telenomus" . www.cabi.org. CABI Compendium. 2019. doi:10.1079/cabicompendium.52991 . Retrieved 2022-08-04.


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