Spathius

Spathius is a genus of doryctine wasps. The larvae of this genus of wasps feed on beetle larvae. They act as biological controllers of the certain pest beetles, such as Hylurgopinus rufipes^[1] and the emerald ash borer.^[2]

Spathius
Spathius galinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Braconidae
Subfamily:	Doryctinae
Genus:	Spathius Nees, 1818
Species
many, including Spathius agrili Spathius elegans Spathius galinae Spathius thorpei
Synonyms
Spatheus

References

1. Atlas of World Wildlife.
2. Quicke, Donald L. J. (2015). The braconid and ichneumonid parasitoid wasps: biology, systematics, evolution and ecology (1st published ed.). Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell. p. 233. ISBN 9781118907054.

• Belokobylskij, S.A.; Austin, A.D. 2013: New species of flightless doryctine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Australia and New Zealand. Australian journal of entomology, 52(4), pages 338–355, doi:10.1111/aen.12042
• Belokobylskij & Maeto 2009: Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Japan. Volume 1. Natura optima dux Foundation, Warszawa, 2009, pages 1–806
• Belokobylskij, S.A.; Samartsev, K.G. 2014: Palaearctic species of the Spathius exarator species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) with entirely sculptured mesopleuron. Zootaxa 3900 (4), pages 483–504, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.2
• Tang, P., Belokobylskij, S. & Chen, X-X. 2015: Spathius Nees, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China with a key to species. Zootaxa 3960 (1), pages 1–132, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3960.1.1

External links

• Data related to Spathius at Wikispecies
• Media related to Spathius at Wikimedia Commons
• "Spathius" at the Encyclopedia of Life