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]

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

Species

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Widespread species

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Palaearctic species

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A parasitoid of the gall wasp Biorhiza pallida (which causes oak apples)
A parasitoid on various eriophyid mites

Indomalayan species

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Afrotropical species

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Nearctic species

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Neotropical species

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Australasian species

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  • A. acomatusQueensland
  • A. acuminativentris – Queensland
  • A. acuminatus – Queensland
  • A. acutiventris – Queensland
  • A. aeneithorax – Queensland
  • A. aeneoculex – Queensland
  • A. aeneon – Queensland
  • A. aenosus – Queensland
  • A. aeneus – Queensland
  • A. affinis – Queensland
  • A. anna – Queensland
  • A. arsesTasmania
  • A. atrellus – Queensland
  • A. atristigma – Queensland
  • A. atriventris – Queensland
  • A. aura – Queensland
  • A. aurios – Queensland
  • A. auriscutellum – Queensland
  • A. auriventris – Queensland
  • A. australicus – Queensland
  • A. baucisWestern Australia
  • A. bicolor – Queensland
  • A. bilongifasciatus – Queensland
  • A. boswelli – Queensland
  • A. boussingaulti – Queensland
  • A. brevis – Queensland
  • A. brevistigmaSouth Australia
  • A. brunneiventris – Queensland
  • A. brunneus – Queensland
  • A. burmeisteriNorthern Territory
  • A. cinctiventer – Queensland
  • A. cinctiventrisNew South Wales
  • A. cobdeni – Queensland
  • A. consimilis – Queensland
  • A. cressoni – Queensland
  • A. culex – Queensland
  • A. darwini – Queensland
  • A. darwinianus – Queensland
  • A. decii – Queensland
  • A. dei – Queensland
  • A. dymas – Tasmania
  • A. eucalypti – South Australia
  • A. fannius – Tasmania
  • A. fasciativenter – Tasmania
  • A. fasciativentrosus – Queensland
  • A. filiformis – New South Wales
  • A. flavellinus – Queensland
  • A. flavellus – Queensland
  • A. flavicaput – Queensland
  • A. flavicollis – Queensland
  • A. flavicornis – Queensland
  • A. flavios – Queensland
  • A. flavipostscutellum – Queensland
  • A. flaviscapus – Queensland
  • A. flaviscutellum – Queensland
  • A. flavobasalis – Queensland
  • A. froggatti – New South Wales
  • A. fulgens – Queensland
  • A. fulvipostscutellum – Queensland
  • A. fuscipennatus – South Australia
  • A. fuscipennis – Queensland
  • A. fuscitibiae – Tasmania
  • A. fuscosus – Queensland
  • A. fuscus – Queensland
  • A. gloriosus – Queensland
  • A. glycon – Tasmania
  • A. gobius – Queensland
  • A. gregi – Queensland
  • A. grotiusi – Queensland
  • A. guttatus – Queensland
  • A. haeckeli – Queensland
  • A. handeli – Queensland
  • A. hetaericos – Queensland
  • A. hexguttativentris – Queensland
  • A. hyalinus – Queensland
  • A. imago – New South Wales
  • A. imperialis – Queensland
  • A. indigenus – Queensland
  • A. inghamensis – Queensland
  • A. intentatus – Queensland
  • A. io – Queensland
  • A. ion – Queensland
  • A. kelloggi – Queensland
  • A. latithorax – Queensland
  • A. lelaps – Western Australia
  • A. lenini – Queensland
  • A. limbus – Tasmania
  • A. lineatus – Queensland
  • A. longiclavus – Queensland
  • A. longipennis – Queensland
  • A. longiventris – Queensland
  • A. lustris – Queensland
  • A. mahometi – Queensland
  • A. marginatus – Queensland
  • A. margiscutellum – Queensland
  • A. margiscutum – Queensland
  • A. margiventris – Queensland
  • A. margiventrosus – Queensland
  • A. maximus – Queensland
  • A. meridialis – Queensland
  • A. meridianusVictoria
  • A. mesmeri – Queensland
  • A. minutissimus – Queensland
  • A. mirus – Queensland
  • A. misericordia – Queensland
  • A. montanus – Queensland
  • A. monticola – Queensland
  • A. morum – Queensland
  • A. necopinatus – Queensland
  • A. neis – Tasmania
  • A. nelsonensis – Queensland
  • A. nigriclava – Queensland
  • A. nigrithorax – Queensland
  • A. nomadis – Queensland
  • A. novifasciatus – Queensland
  • A. nubilipennis – Queensland
  • A. nugatorius – Queensland
  • A. nympha – Queensland
  • A. obscurus – Queensland
  • A. occultus – Queensland
  • A. octoguttatus – New South Wales
  • A. pallidicaput – Queensland
  • A. pallidiventris – Queensland
  • A. parvulus – Queensland
  • A. pax – Queensland
  • A. perkinsi – Queensland
  • A. perobscurus – South Australia
  • A. perpulcher – Queensland
  • A. platoni – Queensland
  • A. polychromus – Northern Territory
  • A. pomosus – Queensland
  • A. pontiac – South Australia
  • A. postscutellatus – Queensland
  • A. proto – Tasmania
  • A. pulcher – Queensland
  • A. pulchrinotatus – Queensland
  • A. pullus – Queensland
  • A. purpureicorpus – Queensland
  • A. purpureithorax – Queensland
  • A. purpureivarius – Queensland
  • A. quadrifasciatus – Queensland
  • A. quadriguttativentris – Queensland
  • A. quadrimaculae – Queensland
  • A. quadrimaculatus – Queensland
  • A. queenslandensis – Queensland
  • A. rieki – Queensland
  • A. rotundiventris – Queensland
  • A. rufiscutellum – Queensland
  • A. saintpierrei – Queensland
  • A. saltensis – Queensland
  • A. salto – Queensland
  • A. saltus – Queensland
  • A. sannio – Queensland
  • A. sannion – Queensland
  • A. schilleri – Queensland
  • A. semiflaviceps – Queensland
  • A. septemguttatus – Queensland
  • A. sexguttatus – Queensland
  • A. seymourensis – Queensland
  • A. silvarum – Queensland
  • A. silvensis – Queensland
  • A. speciosissimus – Queensland
  • A. speciosus – Queensland
  • A. spissigradus – Queensland
  • A. subfasciativentris – Queensland
  • A. sublustris – Queensland
  • A. sulcatus – Queensland
  • A. sulfureiventris – Queensland
  • A. susurrus – Queensland
  • A. tarsatus – Queensland
  • A. teiae – Queensland
  • A. tenuis – Queensland
  • A. thalesi – Queensland
  • A. transversifasciatus – New South Wales
  • A. trifasciatus – Queensland
  • A. trimaculosus – Queensland
  • A. unfasciativentris – Queensland
  • A. valens – Tasmania
  • A. varicolor – Queensland
  • A. verus – Victoria
  • A. victoriensis – Victoria
  • A. viridicyaneus – Queensland
  • A. viridiflavus – Queensland
  • A. viridiscapus – Queensland
  • A. viridithorax – Queensland
  • A. vivatus – Queensland
  • A. wallacei – Queensland
  • A. walsinghami – Victoria
  • A. xanther – Northern Territory, Queensland
  • A. xanthicolor – Queensland
  • A. xenares – New South Wales, Tasmania
  • A. zaleucus – Tasmania

References

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  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.
  2. ^ Sampson, Blair J.; Roubos, Craig R.; Stringer, Stephen J.; Marshall, Donna; Liburd, Oscar E. (1 February 2013). "Biology and Efficacy of Aprostocetus (Eulophidae: Hymenoptera) as a Parasitoid of the Blueberry Gall Midge Complex: Dasineura oxycoccana and Prodiplosis vaccinii (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)". Journal of Economic Entomology. 106 (1): 73–79. doi:10.1603/EC12404.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Ariyak, Elif SAKALTAŞ; TüZüN, Ayla (1 August 2014). "Contribution to the knowledge of the Aprostocetus Westwood, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Tetrastichinae) from Kırıkkale and Çankırı (Turkey) with some new records". Turkish Journal of Entomology. 38 (4): 415. doi:10.16970/ted.67737.
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