Scelio

Short description: Genus of wasps

Scelio

Scelio antorides
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Scelionidae
Subfamily:  | Scelioninae
Genus:  | Scelio
Latreille, 1805
Diversity
at least 240 species

Scelio is a large genus (at least 240 and possibly 500 species), the largest within the family Scelionidae, of parasitic wasp whose known target host include the eggs of grasshoppers (Acrididae, Orthoptera).[1] They are found worldwide and some species have been implemented as biological control agents.

## See also

* List of Scelio species

## References

1. ↑ Matthew J. Yoder; Alejandro A. Valerio; Andrew Polaszek; Lubomír Masner; Norman F. Johnson (2009). "Revision of Scelio pulchripennis-group species (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)". ZooKeys (20): 53–118. doi:10.3897/zookeys.20.205.

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