''Amblyaspis'' is a genus of parasitoid

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

Platygastridae The hymenopteran family Platygastridae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Platygasteridae) is a moderate-sized group (about 2000 described species) of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly very small (1–2 mm), black, and shining, with genicul ...

. The genus was described in 1856 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 ...

. The genus 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 ...

. Species: * ''

Amblyaspis belus ''Amblyaspis'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Platygastridae. The genus was described in 1856 by Arnold Förster. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of ...

'' * '' Amblyaspis crates'' (Walker, 1835) * '' Amblyaspis ctesias'' (Walker, 1839) * '' Amblyaspis emarginata'' Anjana and Rajmohana, 2015 * '' Amblyaspis flavibrunneus'' Dodd, 1924 * '' Amblyaspis hirsuta'' Anjana and Rajmohana, 2015 * '' Amblyaspis prorsa'' * '' Amblyaspis roboris'' * '' Amblyaspis rufistilus'' Kieffer, 1913 * '' Amblyaspis rufithorax'' Kieffer, 1913 * '' Amblyaspis rufiventris'' Kieffer, 1913 * '' Amblyaspis scelionoides'' (Haliday, 1835) * '' Amblyaspis scutellaris'' Kieffer, 1904 * '' Amblyaspis tritici'' (Walker, 1835)

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q14496218 Platygastridae Hymenoptera genera Taxa named by Arnold Förster