Ablerus is the only genus in the family Azotidae (in Superfamily
Chalcidoidea). The genus was created by the
American entomologist
Leland Ossian Howard in 1894 for the species named in that year by
William Harris Ashmead as Centrodora clisiocampae. The genus Azotus was synonymized with Ablerus by
Alexandre Arsène Girault in 1913 and Hyatt synonymized Myocnemella with Ablerus in 1994, leaving Ablerus as the sole genus within the subfamily Azotinae (in family
Aphelinidae). Azotinae was elevated in rank in 2013 to become the monotypic family Azotidae.[2]
These tiny wasps are normally
hyperparasitoids and are associated with the
Aleyrodidae and
Coccoidea as well as the eggs of a variety of other insects. Overall there are over 90 species of Ablerus.[3][4]
^AvendañO, José M.; PicóN-RenteríA, Patricio; Kresslein, Robert L.; Herrera, Henri W. (2024-06-20). "First record of the family Azotidae from Ecuador, with a description of a new species of Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from the Galapagos Islands". Zootaxa. 5471 (4): 473–481.
doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.5471.4.6.
ISSN1175-5334.
Ablerus is the only genus in the family Azotidae (in Superfamily
Chalcidoidea). The genus was created by the
American entomologist
Leland Ossian Howard in 1894 for the species named in that year by
William Harris Ashmead as Centrodora clisiocampae. The genus Azotus was synonymized with Ablerus by
Alexandre Arsène Girault in 1913 and Hyatt synonymized Myocnemella with Ablerus in 1994, leaving Ablerus as the sole genus within the subfamily Azotinae (in family
Aphelinidae). Azotinae was elevated in rank in 2013 to become the monotypic family Azotidae.[2]
These tiny wasps are normally
hyperparasitoids and are associated with the
Aleyrodidae and
Coccoidea as well as the eggs of a variety of other insects. Overall there are over 90 species of Ablerus.[3][4]
^AvendañO, José M.; PicóN-RenteríA, Patricio; Kresslein, Robert L.; Herrera, Henri W. (2024-06-20). "First record of the family Azotidae from Ecuador, with a description of a new species of Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from the Galapagos Islands". Zootaxa. 5471 (4): 473–481.
doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.5471.4.6.
ISSN1175-5334.