Biology:Agathis (wasp)

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Short description: Genus of wasps

Agathis
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Agathis breviseta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Agathidinae
Genus: Agathis

Agathis is a genus of braconid parasitoid wasps.[1][2] This genus was established by Latreille in 1804, and the type species is Agathis malvacearum Latreille, 1805. There are at least forty six species of Agathis in the western palearctic region.[3]

Selected species

  • Agathis longipalpus
  • Agathis malvacearum Latreille, 1805 (parasitoid of the burdock seedhead moth)

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 
  • Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa 309: 13–48. 
  • Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics 28 (1): 80–112. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14950523 entry