Catolaccus

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Catolaccus
Female Catolaccus grandis wasp.jpg
Catolaccus grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Suborder:
Superfamily:
Chalcidoidea
Family:
Genus:
Catolaccus

Thomson 1878
Species

See text

Catolaccus is a parasitic wasp genus in the family Pteromalidae. Catolaccus grandis has been used by cotton farmers in Texas to combat crop damage from the boll weevil.[1]

Species[]

  • (Girault, 1911)
  • (Ratzeburg, 1852)
  • Dzhanokmen, 1990
  • (Masi 1911)
  • Girault, 1911
  • Burks, 1954
  • Ishii, 1940
  • Rohwer, 1934
  • Catolaccus grandis (Burks 1954)
  • (Walker, 1843)
  • (Girault, 1917)
  • Dzhanokmen, 1980
  • Ashmead, 1894
  • Ashmead, 1895
  • Burks, 1954

References[]

  1. ^ Bryce, Robert (February 7, 1996). "Texas Boll Weevils Beware: A New Parasite Is in Town". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved March 12, 2016.

External links[]

"Catolaccus" at the Encyclopedia of Life Edit this at Wikidata


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