Cecidostiba
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pteromalidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteromalinae |
| Tribe: | Pteromalini |
| Genus: | Cecidostiba Thompson, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Etroxys rugifrons Thomson, 1878
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Cecidostiba is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the tribe Pteromalini. All species in the genus are parasitoids of gall wasps (Cynipidae) on Quercus, Castanea and Acer.
As of 2025, there are 9 described species in the genus.
Description
[edit]Species in the genus are parasitoids of gall wasps (Cynipidae) on Quercus, Castanea and Acer,[2] along with other similar genera in the same tribe.[3]: 82, 92
This genus can be distinguished from other similar genera such as Hobbya and Caenacis based on the presence of piliferous punctures on the mesoscutum.[3]: 91, 93
Species
[edit]This genus contains the following species:[1]
- Cecidostiba atra Askew, 1975
- Cecidostiba docimus (Walker, 1839)
- Cecidostiba fungosus (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Cecidostiba fushica Kamijo, 1981
- Cecidostiba geganius (Walker, 1848)
- Cecidostiba ilicina Nieves-Aldrey & Askew, 1988
- Cecidostiba jucundus (Förster, 1841)
- Cecidostiba saportai Graham, 1984
- Cecidostiba semifascia (Walker, 1835)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cecidostiba Thomson, 1878". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ Nieves-Aldrey, J. L.; Askew, R.R. (1988). "A new species of Cecidostiba Thomson Hym, Pteromalidae, a key to species of the genus and rearing records of other Pteromalidae associated with oak gall wasps Hym, Cynipidae". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 124: 1–5. hdl:10261/79244.
- ^ a b Bouček, Zdeněk; Rasplus, Jean-Yves (1991). Illustrated key to West-Palearctic genera of Pteromalidae, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea. Paris: Institut national de la recherche agronomique. ISBN 2738003435.
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