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Genus of wasps

Tamarixia
Tamarixia radiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Subfamily: Tetrastichinae
Genus: Tamarixia
Mercet, 1924
Type species
Tamarixia bicolor
Mercet, 1924
Species

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Tamarixia is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae, they are parasitoids of Jumping plant lice or psyllids of the superfamily Psylloidea, although some species will parasitise aphids. Most species appear to be ectoparasitoids but at least one species has been recorded as an endoparasitoid.

Species

Tamarixia contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ Zuparko, R.L.; de Queiroz, D.L.; La Salle, J. (2011). "Two new species of Tamarixia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Chile and Australia, established as biological control agents of invasive psyllids (Hemiptera: Calophyidae, Triozidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2921: 13–27. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2921.1.2.
Taxon identifiers
Tamarixia


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