''Ablerus'' is a genus of

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s formerly belonging to the family

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. The genus was created by the

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entomologist

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in 1894 for the species named in that year by

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as ''Centrodora clisiocampae''. The genus ''Azotus'' was synonymized with ''Ablerus'' by

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in 1913 and Hyatt synonymized '' Myocnemella'' with ''Ablerus'' in 1994, leaving ''Ablerus'' as the sole genus within the subfamily Azotinae. Azotinae was elevated in rank in 2013 to become the monotypic family Azotidae. These tiny wasps are normally

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s and are associated with the

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and

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as well as the eggs of a variety of other insects. Overall there are over 90 species of ''Ablerus''.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Ablerus'': * '' Ablerus aegypticus'' Abd-Rabou, 2014 * '' Ablerus albicaput'' Girault, 1924 * '' Ablerus aleuroides'' (Husain & Agarwal, 1982) * '' Ablerus aligarhensis'' (Khan & Shafee, 1976) * '' Ablerus amarantus'' Girault, 1932 * '' Ablerus americanus'' Girault, 1916 * '' Ablerus aonidiellae'' Hayat, 1974 * ''

Ablerus arboris ''Ablerus'' is a genus of chalcid wasps formerly belonging to the family Aphelinidae. 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 cli ...

'' Girault, 1932 * '' Ablerus argentiscapus'' Girault, 1932 * '' Ablerus atomon'' (Walker, 1847) * '' Ablerus baeusoides'' Girault, 1915 * '' Ablerus beenleighi'' Girault, 1926 * '' Ablerus bharathius'' (Subba Rao, 1984) * '' Ablerus bicinctipes'' Girault, 1932 * '' Ablerus bidentatus'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus bifasciatus'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Ablerus biguttatibiae'' Girault, 1924 * '' Ablerus capensis'' (Howard, 1907) * '' Ablerus celsus'' (Walker, 1839) * ''

Ablerus chionaspidis ''Ablerus'' is a genus of chalcid wasps formerly belonging to the family Aphelinidae. 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 cli ...

'' (Howard, 1914) * ''

Ablerus chrysomphali ''Ablerus'' is a genus of chalcid wasps formerly belonging to the family Aphelinidae. 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 cli ...

'' (Ghesquiere, 1960) * ''

Ablerus ciliatus ''Ablerus'' is a genus of chalcid wasps formerly belonging to the family Aphelinidae. 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 cli ...

'' De Santis, 1948 * '' Ablerus clisiocampae'' (Ashmead, 1894) * '' Ablerus connectens'' Silvestri, 1927 * '' Ablerus crassus'' (De Santis, 1974) * '' Ablerus delhiensis'' (Lal, 1938) * '' Ablerus diana'' Girault, 1920 * '' Ablerus dozieri'' (Darling & Johnson, 1984) * '' Ablerus elegantissimus'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus elegantulus'' (Silvestri, 1915) * '' Ablerus emersoni'' Girault, 1917 * '' Ablerus fasciarius'' Wang, Huang & Polaszek, 2016 * '' Ablerus gargarae'' Hayat, 1998 * '' Ablerus gratus'' Girault, 1929 * '' Ablerus grotiusi'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus hastatus'' Girault, 1932 * '' Ablerus howardii'' Girault, 1915 * '' Ablerus hyalinus'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus impunctatipennis'' Girault, 1917 * '' Ablerus inquirenda'' Silvestri, 1927 * '' Ablerus lepidus'' (De Santis, 1974) * '' Ablerus leucopidis'' Blanchard, 1942 * '' Ablerus longfellowi'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus macchiae'' (Annecke & Insley, 1970) * '' Ablerus macilentus'' (De Santis, 1974) * '' Ablerus macrochaeta'' Silvestri, 1927 * '' Ablerus magistrettii'' Blanchard, 1942 * '' Ablerus miricilia'' Girault, 1929 * '' Ablerus molestus'' Blanchard, 1936 * '' Ablerus nelsoni'' Girault, 1921 * '' Ablerus novicornis'' Girault, 1931 * '' Ablerus nympha'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus palauensis'' Doutt, 1951 * '' Ablerus pan'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus perfuscipennis'' De Santis, 1954 * '' Ablerus perspeciosus'' Girault, 1916 * '' Ablerus peruvianus'' Girault, 1916 * '' Ablerus piceipes'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus pinifoliae'' (Mercet, 1912) * '' Ablerus pius'' Girault, 1929 * '' Ablerus plesius'' (Annecke & Insley, 1970) * '' Ablerus plinii'' Girault, 1929 * '' Ablerus poincarei'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus promacchiae'' Viggiani & Ren, 1993 * '' Ablerus pulcherrimus'' (Mercet, 1922) * '' Ablerus pulchriceps'' Zehntner, 1899 * '' Ablerus pullicornis'' Girault, 1931 * '' Ablerus pumilus'' Annecke & Insley, 1970 * '' Ablerus punctatus'' Girault, 1921 * '' Ablerus rhea'' Girault, 1929 * '' Ablerus romae'' Girault, 1932 * '' Ablerus saintpierrei'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus separaspidis'' (Annecke & Insley, 1970) * '' Ablerus sidneyi'' Girault, 1932 * '' Ablerus similis'' (De Santis, 1948) * '' Ablerus socratis'' Girault, 1931 * '' Ablerus socrus'' Girault, 1915 * '' Ablerus speciosus'' Girault, 1913 * '' Ablerus stylatus'' (Mercet, 1927) * '' Ablerus totifuscipennis'' Girault, 1929 * '' Ablerus unnotipennis'' Girault, 1915 * '' Ablerus venustulus'' Girault, 1915 * '' Ablerus williamsi'' (Annecke & Insley, 1970)

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External links

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Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Hymenoptera genera Hyperparasites {{Chalcidoidea-stub

Species

See also

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