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Aleuroctonus

Aleuroctonus marki Hansson & LaSalle, paratype female

Aleuroctonus sp., female

Aleuroctonus sp., head frontal, female

Author, year, journal with original description

LaSalle, J. & Schauff, M.E., 1994, Systematic Entomology, 19:254-255

Type species

Euderomphale vittata Dozier (holotype female in the United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C)

Synonym names

None

Diagnosis

Clypeus delimited; midlobe of mesoscutum and scutellum with numerous scattered setae; axillae situated predominantly in front of anterior margin of scutellum; submarginal vein with three dorsal setae; gaster dark with pale yellow to white markings at base

Number of species

Four

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Distribution

Neotropical region: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, USA (S. Florida), the West Indies (Cayman Islands)

Biology

Parasitoids on whiteflies belonging to subfamily Aleurodicinae (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Literature

LaSalle, J. & Schauff, M.E., 1994. Systematics of the tribe Euderomphalini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): parasitoids of whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Systematic Entomology, 19:235-258

Hansson, C. & LaSalle, J. 2003. Revision of the Neotropical species of the tribe Euderomphalini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Journal of Natural History, 37:697-778