Theocolax elegans

Theocolax elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Chalcidoidea
Family:	Pteromalidae
Subfamily:	Cerocephalinae
Genus:	Theocolax
Species:	T. elegans
Binomial name
	Theocolax elegans; (Westwood, 1874)
Synonyms
	Choetospila elegans Westwood, 1874;

Theocolax elegans is a parasitic wasp species in the genus Theocolax. It is a parasite of immature stages of stored grain pest insects^[2] such as Sitophilus granarius^[3] or Rhyzopertha dominica.^[4]

References[]

^ Thesaurus entomologicus oxoniensis. JO Westwood - 1874
^ Antennal olfactory responses to individual cereal volatiles in Theocolax elegans (Westwood) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). G.S. Germinara, A. De Cristofaro and G. Rotundo, Journal of Stored Products Research, July 2009, Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 195–200, doi:10.1016/j.jspr.2009.02.002
^ Host finding of Choetospila elegans Westw. (Hym. Chalcid.) a parasite of Sitophilus Granarius L. (Coleopt. Curcul.). J. Van Den Assen and D.J. Kuenen, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, August 1958, Volume 1, Issue 3, pages 174–180, doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.1958.tb00021.x
^ Temperature Effects on EfÞcacy of Choetospila elegans (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) to Suppress Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Stored Wheat. P. W. Flinn, Stored-Product And Quarantine Entomology, February 1998, pages 320-323 (link to article)

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[1] Thesaurus entomologicus oxoniensis. JO Westwood - 1874

[2] Antennal olfactory responses to individual cereal volatiles in Theocolax elegans (Westwood) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). G.S. Germinara, A. De Cristofaro and G. Rotundo, Journal of Stored Products Research, July 2009, Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 195–200, doi:10.1016/j.jspr.2009.02.002

[3] Host finding of Choetospila elegans Westw. (Hym. Chalcid.) a parasite of Sitophilus Granarius L. (Coleopt. Curcul.). J. Van Den Assen and D.J. Kuenen, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, August 1958, Volume 1, Issue 3, pages 174–180, doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.1958.tb00021.x

[4] Temperature Effects on EfÞcacy of Choetospila elegans (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) to Suppress Rhyzopertha dominica (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Stored Wheat. P. W. Flinn, Stored-Product And Quarantine Entomology, February 1998, pages 320-323 (link to article)

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