''Metaphycus'' is a genus of
wasp
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 ...
s belonging to the family
Encyrtidae
Encyrtidae is a large family of parasitic wasps, with some 3710 described species in about 455 genera. The larvae of the majority are primary parasitoids on Hemiptera, though other hosts are attacked, and details of the life history can be vari ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
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Metaphycus acanthococci
''Metaphycus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Encyrtidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in ...
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Metaphycus acanthococci
''Metaphycus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Encyrtidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in ...
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Metaphycus aegle
''Metaphycus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Encyrtidae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
*''Metaphycus acanthococci''
*''Metaphycus acanthococci
''Metaphycus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to t ...
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Metaphycus helvolus
''Metaphycus helvolus'' is a species of parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae native to South Africa. It is a parasitoid of soft scale insects and has been used in their biological control in California and Australia.
Description
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References
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Encyrtidae
Hymenoptera genera