''Catolaccus'' is a parasitic wasp genus in the family
Pteromalidae
The Pteromalidae are a very large family of mostly parasitoid wasps, with some 3,450 described species in about 640 genera (the number was greater, but many species and genera have been reduced by synonymy in recent years). The subfamily-level d ...
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Catolaccus grandis
''Catolaccus grandis'' is a parasitic wasp native to southeastern Mexico. It was introduced to the United States in the 1970s.
Its natural hosts are the boll weevil (''Anthonomus grandis'') and the closely related '' Anthonomus hunteri''. Its p ...
'' has been used by cotton farmers in Texas to combat crop damage from the boll weevil.
Species
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Catolaccus aeneoviridis'' (Girault, 1911)
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Catolaccus ater'' (Ratzeburg, 1852)
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Catolaccus coleophorae'' Dzhanokmen, 1990
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Catolaccus crassiceps'' (Masi 1911)
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Catolaccus cyaneus'' Girault, 1911
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Catolaccus cyanoideus'' Burks, 1954
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Catolaccus endonis'' Ishii, 1940
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Catolaccus fragariae'' Rohwer, 1934
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Catolaccus grandis
''Catolaccus grandis'' is a parasitic wasp native to southeastern Mexico. It was introduced to the United States in the 1970s.
Its natural hosts are the boll weevil (''Anthonomus grandis'') and the closely related '' Anthonomus hunteri''. Its p ...
'' (Burks 1954)
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Catolaccus helice'' (Walker, 1843)
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Catolaccus kansensis'' (Girault, 1917)
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Catolaccus kumatshjovi'' Dzhanokmen, 1980
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Catolaccus pallipes'' Ashmead, 1894
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Catolaccus tepicensis'' Ashmead, 1895
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Catolaccus victoria
''Catolaccus'' is a parasitic wasp genus in the family Pteromalidae. ''Catolaccus grandis'' has been used by cotton farmers in Texas to combat crop damage from the boll weevil.
Species
* ''Catolaccus aeneoviridis'' (Girault, 1911)
* ''Catolac ...
'' Burks, 1954
References
External links
Pteromalidae
Hymenoptera genera
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