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Goetheana

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Goetheana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Subfamily: Tetrastichinae
Genus: Goetheana
Girault, 1920
Type species
Goetheana shakespearei
Girault, 1920
Species

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Goetheana is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. As a parasitoid of thrips, this wasp is used in biological pest control.[1]

Species

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The genus includes the following species:

References

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  1. ^ Murai, Tamotsu; Kawai, Shozo; Chongratanameteekul, Wiboon; Nakasuji, Fusao (2000). "Damage to tomato by Ceratothripoides claratris (Shumsher) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in central Thailand and a note on its parasitoid, Goetheana shakespearei Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)". Applied Entomology and Zoology. 35 (4): 505–507. Bibcode:2000AppEZ..35..505M. doi:10.1303/aez.2000.505.
  2. ^ a b Gumovsky, Alex (8 August 2016). "Review of Afrotropical species of Goetheana Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4147 (5): 551–563. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.5.3. PMID 27515634.