Anicetus is a genus of small, parasitic wasps with a cosmopolitan distribution. There are about 50 species, with the greatest diversity in the tropical parts of the Old World. They are primary endoparasitoids, primarily targeting wax scale and soft scale insects (Coccidae).[1][2]
| Anicetus | |
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| Anicetus communis | |
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| Anicetus sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Encyrtidae |
| Subfamily: | Encyrtinae |
| Genus: | Anicetus Howard, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Anicetus ceylonensis Howard, 1896 | |
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Etymology
editBiology
editThey are highly specialized, with many species displaying strict host specificity to particular species of scale insects. Some of these scale insects are economically significant pests of important horticultural crops, including citrus, coffee, guava, papaya, mulberry, and mango trees. Because they are capable of controlling scale insect populations in citrus orchards, some Anicetus species were introduced to Australia.[1]
Species
edit- Anicetus abyssinicus Annecke, 1967
- Anicetus africanus (Girault, 1920)
- Anicetus aligarhensis Hayat, Alam & Agarwal, 1975
- Anicetus angustus Hayat, Alam & Agarwal, 1975
- Anicetus anneckei Prinsloo & Mynhardt, 1981
- Anicetus annulatus Timberlake, 1919
- Anicetus aquilus (Annecke, 1967)
- Anicetus argentinus (Fidalgo, 1979)
- Anicetus ashmeadi Hayat, Alam & Agarwal, 1975
- Anicetus austrinus (Annecke, 1967)
- Anicetus beneficus Ishii & Yasumatsu, 1954
- Anicetus calidus (Annecke, 1967)
- Anicetus ceroplastis Ishii, 1928
- Anicetus ceroplastodis (Mani, 1935)
- Anicetus ceylonensis Howard, 1896
- Anicetus chinensis Girault, 1916
- Anicetus clivus (Annecke, 1967)
- Anicetus communis Annecke, 1967
- Anicetus deltoideus Annecke, 1967
- Anicetus dodonia Ferrière, 1935
- Anicetus eous Trjapitzin, 1965
- Anicetus felix (Girault, 1915)
- Anicetus fotsyae Risbec, 1959
- Anicetus fuscus Annecke, 1967
- Anicetus graminosus Annecke, 1967
- Anicetus howardi Hayat, Alam & Agarwal, 1975
- Anicetus inglisiae Hayat, 2003
- Anicetus integrellus Trjapitzin, 1962
- Anicetus italicus (Masi, 1917)
- Anicetus korotyaevi Sugonjaev, 2005
- Anicetus mirabilis (Girault, 1921)
- Anicetus myartsevae Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino, 2009
- Anicetus mysterius Sugonjaev, 2005
- Anicetus nyasicus (Compere, 1938)
- Anicetus ohgushii Tachikawa, 1958
- Anicetus parilis (Annecke, 1967)
- Anicetus parvus Compere, 1937
- Anicetus pattersoni (Waterston, 1917)
- Anicetus primus (Howard, 1898)
- Anicetus quintanai De Santis, 1964
- Anicetus rarisetus Xu & He, 1997
- Anicetus rubensi Xu & He, 1997
- Anicetus russeus (Annecke, 1967)
- Anicetus sepis (Annecke, 1967)
- Anicetus stylatus Subba Rao, 1977
- Anicetus taylori (Annecke, 1967)
- Anicetus thanhi Sugonjaev, 2005
- Anicetus thymi Sharkov, 1988
- Anicetus toumeyellae Milliron, 1959
- Anicetus villarreali Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino, 2009
- Anicetus zhejiangensis Xu & Li, 1991
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 Trjapitzin, V. A. (2010). A review of encyrtid wasps of the genus Anicetus Howard, 1896 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) of the new world, Hawaiian Islands, and Australia with description of new species from Mexico. Entomological Review, 90(6), 747-759.
- ↑ Trjapitzin, V. A., & Ruíz Cancino, E. (2009). Especies del género Anicetus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) del Nuevo Mundo. Acta zoológica mexicana, 25(2), 249-268.
External links
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