Aprostocetus

Aprostocetus
Aprostocetus causalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Tribe: Tetrastichini
Genus: Aprostocetus
Westwood, 1833
Type species
Aprostocetus caudatus
Westwood, 1833

Aprostocetus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.[1] The genus was erected by John O. Westwood in 1833. This very large group (about 800 described species) of parasitoid wasps has a global distribution.[1]

  1. ^ a b Gates, Michael W.; Zhang, Y. Miles; Buffington, Matthew L. (2020). "The great greenbriers gall mystery resolved? New species of Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) gall inducer and two new parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) associated with Smilax L. in southern Florida, USA (English)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 80: 71–98. doi:10.3897/jhr.80.59466.