Ooencyrtus Explained

Ooencyrtus is a genus of chalcid wasp. William Harris Ashmead named and circumscribed the genus in 1900.

Species

, approximately 320 species are recognized, including:

• Ooencyrtus anabrivorus
• Ooencyrtus clisiocampae
• Ooencyrtus johnsoni
• Ooencyrtus kuvanae
• Ooencyrtus marcelloi
• Ooencyrtus papilionis

Further reading

• Ferrière. Ch.. New Chalcidoid Egg-parasites from South Asia. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 1931. 22. 2. 282–286. 10.1017/S0007485300035264.
• Huang. D.-W.. Noyes. J. S.. A revision of the Indo-Pacific species of Ooencyrtus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of the immature stages of economically important insect species (mainly Hemiptera and Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. 1994. 63. 1. 1–136. Entomology. .
• Noyes. John S.. A review of the Neotropical species of Ooencyrtus Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Journal of Natural History. 1985. 19. 3. 533–554. 10.1080/00222938500770331.