''Acrolyta'' is a genus of

wasps A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...

belonging to the family

Ichneumonidae The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25 ...

. The genus was described in 1868 by

Arnold Förster Arnold Förster (20 January 1810 – 13 August 1884) was a German entomologist, who worked mainly on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. Life Arnold Förster was born on 20 January 1810 in Aachen, Germany, where he died on 12 August 1884. He was Oberleh ...

and has

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

. It is a parasitoid of ''

Cotesia ''Cotesia'' is a genus of braconid wasps first described by Peter Cameron in 1891. Some species parasitize caterpillars of species considered pests, and are used as biocontrol agents. ''Cotesia congregata'' parasitizes the tomato and the toba ...

'' wasps.

Species

* ''

Acrolyta nens ''Acrolyta'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The genus was described in 1868 by Arnold Förster and has cosmopolitan distribution. It is a parasitoid of ''Cotesia ''Cotesia'' is a genus of braconid wasps first descr ...

'' (Hartig, 1838) * ''

Acrolyta rufocincta ''Acrolyta'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. The genus was described in 1868 by Arnold Förster and has cosmopolitan distribution. It is a parasitoid of ''Cotesia'' wasps. Species * ''Acrolyta nens ''Acrolyta'' is a ...

'' (Gravenhorst, 1829)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14525574 Ichneumonidae Ichneumonidae genera Taxa named by Arnold Förster