Biology:Horismenus

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Short description: Genus of wasps


Horismenus
Horismenus.jpg
Horismenus sp
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Systasidae
Subfamily: [[Biology:|Entedoninae]]
Genus: Horismenus
Walker, 1843
Type species
Horismenus cleodora
Walker, 1843
Species

Horismenus floridensis
400 other species

Synonyms
  • Akonda Cameron, 1913
  • Alachua Schauff and Boucek, 1987
  • Dirphiphagus Brèthes, 1917
  • Edovum Grissell, 1981
  • Holcopeltoideus Ashmead, 1904
  • Holcopeltomorpha Blanchard, 1942
  • Perhymenes Brèthes, 1916
  • Podkova Gumovsky and Boucek, 2003
  • Psephenivorus Burks, 1968
  • Pseudomphale Schrottky, 1909
  • Triolynx Cameron, 1913

Horismenus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae occurring primarily in the Americas. (As of 2015) over 400 species in the genus have been described. Horismenus species are often described as parasitizing other insects.[1]

References

  1. Kenyon, Sarah G.; Buerki, Sven; Hansson, Christer; Alverez, Nadir; Benrey, Betty (September 9, 2015). "Uncovering Cryptic Parasitoid Diversity in Horismenus (Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae)". PLOS ONE (Abstract) 10 (9): e0136063. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136063. PMID 26352700. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13728396 entry