Ixodiphagus

Ixodiphagus is a genus of chalcid wasps. They lay their eggs into ticks.

Ixodiphagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Encyrtidae
Subfamily: Encyrtinae
Genus: Ixodiphagus
Howard, 1907
Type species
Ixodiphagus texanus
Howard, 1907
Species

See text

Species

  • I. brunneus (Girault, 1925)
  • I. hirtus Nikol'skaya, 1950
  • I. hookeri (Howard, 1908)
  • I. mysorensis Mani, 1941
  • I. sagarensis (Geevarghese, 1977)
  • I. texanus Howard, 1907
  • I. theilerae (Fiedler, 1953)

Synonyms

The following synonyms of Ixodiphagus are known:

  • Australzaomma Girault, 1925
  • Hunterellus Howard, 1908

References


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