Amblyaspis Explained

Amblyaspis is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Platygastridae.^[1]

The genus was described in 1856 by Arnold Förster.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[2]

Species:

• Amblyaspis belus
• Amblyaspis crates (Walker, 1835)^[3]
• Amblyaspis ctesias (Walker, 1839)
• Amblyaspis emarginata Anjana and Rajmohana, 2015^[4]
• Amblyaspis flavibrunneus Dodd, 1924
• Amblyaspis hirsuta Anjana and Rajmohana, 2015^[4]
• Amblyaspis prorsa
• Amblyaspis roboris
• Amblyaspis rufistilus Kieffer, 1913^[5]
• Amblyaspis rufithorax Kieffer, 1913 ^[5]
• Amblyaspis rufiventris Kieffer, 1913^[5]
• Amblyaspis scelionoides (Haliday, 1835)^[5]
• Amblyaspis scutellaris Kieffer, 1904^[5]
• Amblyaspis tritici (Walker, 1835) ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: IRMNG - Amblyaspis Förster, 1856 . www.irmng.org . 20 January 2021.
2. Web site: Amblyaspis Förster, 1856 . www.gbif.org . 20 January 2021 . en.
3. Buhl . P. N. . O'Connor . J. P. . Distributional records of Irish Platygastroidea: Platygastrinae and Ceraphronoidea: Ceraphronidae including Aphanogmus elegantulus new to Ireland . Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society . 2012 . 36 .
4. Gangadharan . Anjana M . Rajmohana . K. . Three new species of Amblyaspis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India along with a Key to Indian species . Halteres . 2015 . 6 . 113––120 .
5. Buhl . PN . Broad . GR . Notton . DG . Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Platygastroidea. . Biodiversity Data Journal . 2016 . 4 . 4 . e7991 . 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7991 . free . 27279762 . 4881931 .