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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...
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1127034.