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Enoggera (wasp)

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Enoggera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pteromalidae
Genus: Enoggera
Girault, 1926

Enoggera is a genus of wasp in the Pteromalidae family.[1] It is native to Australia and has five known species. It was introduced to South Africa to serve as biological pest-control against the Eucalyptus destroying beetle, Trachymela tincticollis.[2]

Taxonomy

Enoggera contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ "REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN GENUS ENOGGERA GIRAULT (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE: ASAPHINAE)".
  2. ^ "Biological control of the Eucalyptus-defoliating Australian tortoise beetle Trachymela tincticollis (Blackburn) (Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelini: Paropsina) in South Africa by the egg parasitoid Enoggera reticulata Naumann (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Asaphinae)".