Kolopterna
Appearance
Kolopterna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Eulophidae |
Subfamily: | Tetrastichinae |
Genus: | Kolopterna Graham, 1987 |
Type species | |
Kolopterna salina Graham, 1987
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Species | |
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Kolopterna is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Kolopterna comprises 14–15 species distributed in the Palearctic and Oriental regions[1] All Kolopterna species are endoparasitoids of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) causing galls on various Chenopodiaceae.
References
[edit]- ^ Yegorenkova, E. & Yefremova, Z. 2024. Revision of the genus Kolopterna Graham (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of three new species. Israel Journal of Entomology 53: 63–91.
- Key to Nearctic eulophid genera Archived 2016-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Universal Chalcidoidea Database