''Lusius'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
Phaeogenini
Phaeogenini is a tribe of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family (biology), family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They ...
Förster, 1869 or
Alomyini
Alomyini is a tribe of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family (biology), family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are ...
Förster, 1869, first described by
Pierre Jules Tosquinet
Dr. Pierre Jules Tosquinet (16 February 1824, in Bastogne – 28 October 1902, in Saint-Gilles) was a physician and entomologist. He served as Military Inspector General for Health of the Belgian Army and the President of the Entomological Socie ...
in 1903, published after his death.
The genus is similar in appearance to species in the genus ''
Heterischnus
''Heterischnus'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family (biology), family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order H ...
''
''. Lusius'' occurs in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Neotropical and Australasian biogeographical regions.
Species
* ''
Lusius aborensis
''Lusius'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the tribe Phaeogenini Förster, 1869 or Alomyini Förster, 1869, first described by Pierre Jules Tosquinet in 1903, published after his death. The genus is similar in appearance to species in the ge ...
''
(Morley 1914)[Various contributors. 2018. Hymenoptera Online (HOL). nlineAvailable from http://hol.osu.edu/search.html?limit=50&name=Lusius. Accessed 13 January 2018]
* ''
Lusius anguinus''
(Cresson 1874)[Sources differ on inclusion of this species, with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility assigning it to the genus '' Grotea'', as '' Grotea anguina'' Cresson 1894]
* ''
Lusius apollos''
(Morley 1913)
* ''
Lusius flummox''
Rousse & van Noort 2013
* ''
Lusius ferrugineus''
Graf 2000
* ''
Lusius gracilis''
Kusigemati 1986
* ''
Lusius macilentus''
Tosquinet 1903
* ''
Lusius malfoyi
''Lusius malfoyi'' is a parasitoid wasp found in New Zealand. The species is named for Lucius Malfoy, a character in the fictional Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling, although the genus was described in 1903. The species is the first i ...
''
Saunders & Ward 2017
* ''
Lusius tenuissimus''
(Heinrich 1938)
References
Ichneumonidae
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