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Tetracneminae
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Tetracneminae

Encyrtidae is a large family of parasitic wasps, with some 3710 described species in about 455 genera. The larvae of the majority are primary parasitoids on Hemiptera, though other hosts are attacked, and details of the life history can be variable (e.g., some attack eggs, some attack larvae, others are hyperparasites, and some Encyrtidae develop as parasitoids of ticks). They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats, and are extremely important as biological control...

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60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Anagyrus

genusAnagyrus

Aenasius

genusAenasius

Cryptanusia

genusCryptanusia

Ericydnus

genusEricydnus

Callipteroma

genusCallipteroma

Mira

genusMira

Odiaglyptus

genusOdiaglyptus

Neodusmetia

genusNeodusmetia

Tetracnemoidea

genusTetracnemoidea

Dicarnosis

genusDicarnosis

Leptomastix

genusLeptomastix

Dinocarsis

genusDinocarsis

Leptomastidea

genusLeptomastidea

Ectromatopsis

genusEctromatopsis

Holcencyrtus

genusHolcencyrtus

Monstranusia

genusMonstranusia

Chrysoplatycerus

genusChrysoplatycerus

Hambletonia

genusHambletonia

Gyranusoidea

genusGyranusoidea

Pseudleptomastix

genusPseudleptomastix

Aglyptus

genusAglyptus

Anusioptera

genusAnusioptera

Rhopus

genusRhopus

Aeptencyrtus

genusAeptencyrtus

Vosleria

genusVosleria

Zaplatycerus

genusZaplatycerus

Tetracnemus

genusTetracnemus

Anusia

genusAnusia

Epanusia

genusEpanusia

Blepyrus

genusBlepyrus

Apoleptomastix

genusApoleptomastix

Dinocarsiella

genusDinocarsiella

Incisencyrtus

genusIncisencyrtus

Dusmetia

genusDusmetia

Asitus

genusAsitus

Clausenia

genusClausenia

Avernes

genusAvernes

Zarhopalus

genusZarhopalus

Pheidoloxenus

genusPheidoloxenus

Lutherisca

genusLutherisca

Allocerellus

genusAllocerellus

Coccidoxenoides

genusCoccidoxenoides

Metaphaenodiscus

genusMetaphaenodiscus

Neocharitopus

genusNeocharitopus

Tropidophryne

genusTropidophryne

Callaincyrtus

genusCallaincyrtus

Charitopus

genusCharitopus

Cladiscodes

genusCladiscodes

Paramasia

genusParamasia

Xanthoectroma

genusXanthoectroma

Monodiscodes

genusMonodiscodes

Moraviella

genusMoraviella

Nesebaria

genusNesebaria

Paracopidosoma

genusParacopidosoma

Paraenasioidea

genusParaenasioidea

Lyka

genusLyka

Mohelencyrtus

genusMohelencyrtus

Mohelniella

genusMohelniella

Euzkadiella

genusEuzkadiella

Hofferencyrtus

genusHofferencyrtus

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