Goetheana Explained

Goetheana is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. As a parasitoid of thrips, this wasp is used in biological pest control.^[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Goetheana incerta Annecke, 1962 ^[2]
• Goetheana kobzari Gumovsky, 2016^[2]
• Goetheana pushkini Triapitsyn, 2005
• Goetheana rabelaisi Triapitsyn, 2005
• Goetheana shakespearei Girault, 1920

References

• Key to Nearctic eulophid genera
• Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Notes and References

1. Murai . Tamotsu . Kawai . Shozo . Chongratanameteekul . Wiboon . Nakasuji . Fusao . Damage to tomato by Ceratothripoides claratris (Shumsher) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in central Thailand and a note on its parasitoid, Goetheana shakespearei Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). . Applied Entomology and Zoology . 2000 . 35 . 4 . 505–507 . 10.1303/aez.2000.505 . 2000AppEZ..35..505M .
2. Gumovsky . Alex . Review of Afrotropical species of Goetheana Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of a new species . Zootaxa . 8 August 2016 . 4147 . 5 . 551–563 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.5.3 . 27515634 .