Chalcidoid-wasp

Guides

• Coccobius fulvus

  Coccobius fulvus is a species of parasitic wasp in the family Aphelinidae, first described by Compere and Annecke in 1961. It belongs to a genus of chalcidoid wasps that are primarily parasitoids of scale insects (Coccoidea). The species has been recorded from France, Japan, and the conterminous United States. Like other members of Aphelinidae, it likely plays a role in biological control of pest scale insects.

  parasitoidscale-insect-parasitoidbiological-controlchalcidoid-waspHymenopteraAphelinidae

• Torymus zabriskii

  Torymus zabriskii is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Torymidae. The species was originally described as Diomorus zabriskii by Cresson in 1878 and subsequently transferred to the genus Torymus. Torymid wasps in this genus are known to develop as parasitoids within insect-induced plant galls.

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