Genus of wasps
Biosteres is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Braconidae .[ 1]
The genus was first described by Förster in 1862.[ 1]
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution .[ 1]
Species:
Biosteres arenarius (Stelfox, 1959) - also known as Opius arenarius in Ireland, found in France, Germany, Turkey, and Iran[ 2]
Biosteres blandus (Haliday , 1837) - also known as Opius blandus , hosts include Pegomya and Agromyza [ 2]
Biosteres brevipalpis (Thomson , 1895) [ 2]
Biosteres carbonarius Nees , 1834 [ 3]
Biosteres haemorrhoeus (Haliday, 1837) - hosts are of the genus Pegomya , including P. bicolor [ 2]
Biosteres longicauda (Thomson, 1895) [ 2]
Biosteres spinaciae (Thomson, 1895) [ 2]
Biosteres tryoni (Cameron , 1911) - parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata [ 4]
Biosteres wesmaelii Haliday, 1837 [ 2]
Biosteres vandenboschi [ 5]
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^ Ramadan, Mohsen M.; Wong, Tim T. Y.; Messing, Russell H. (1995-03-01). "Reproductive Biology of Biosteres vandenboschi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of Early-Instar Oriental Fruit Fly". Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 88 (2). Oxford University Press (OUP): 189–195. doi :10.1093/aesa/88.2.189 . ISSN 1938-2901 .