Aprostocetus

Aprostocetus
	Aprostocetus causalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Eulophidae
Tribe:	Tetrastichini
Genus:	Aprostocetus; Westwood, 1833
Type species
	Aprostocetus caudatus; Westwood, 1833

Aprostocetus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.[1] The genus was erected by John O. Westwood in 1833. This very large group (about 800 described species) has a global distribution.[1]

Species

Widespread species

A. antiguensis – Caribbean, Florida
- A parasitoid recorded on the coccid scale insect Ceroplastes floridensis and the tischeriid moth Tischeria heliopsisella
A. asthenogmus – Palaearctic, North Africa, Indomalaya, Seychelles, Caribbean
- A parasitoid of blattid cockroaches of the genus Periplaneta
A. beatus – Australia (Queensland), Oceania, southern Africa
- A parasitoid of various bugs – members of the families Cicadellidae, Delphacidae and Tropiduchidae are recorded as hosts
A. bruzzonis – Holarctic
- A parasitoid of tortoise beetles of the genus Cassida
A. ceroplastae -Holarctic, Near East and also introduced into parts of Africa and Australia for biocontrol purposes
- A parasitoid of various coccid scale insects
A. crino – Holarctic, Indomalaya
- A parasitoid of crickets of the genus Oecanthus
A. diplosidis – Cosmopolitan
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. dubius – Indonesia, New Guinea
- A parasitoid of katydids of the genus Sexava
A. fasciatus – Northern South America, Caribbean, India
- A parasitoid of various gall midges
A. fidius – Central and southern United States, Caribbean
- A parasitoid of various gall midges
A. formosanus – Hawaii, South East Asia, Madagascar
- A parasitoid on various delphacid bugs
A. gala – Caribbean, Florida, Australia, India
- A parasitoid recorded on various gall midges and curculionid weevils
A. hagenowii – Cosmopolitan, used in North America for biocontrol of cockroaches
- A parasitoid of various cockroaches, also recorded from bark beetles and evaniid wasps
A. leucone – Holarctic
A. longicauda – Holarctic
A. marylandensis – Central and eastern United States, Caribbean
- A parasitoid recorded on a wide range of hosts including gall midges, curculionid weevils, aphidid aphids, gelechiid and tortricid moths and fellow eulophids
A. megameli – Philippines, Hawaii
- A parasitoid on the delphacid bug Megamelus proserpina
A. microcosmus – Holarctic, Neotropical and Afrotropical regions, Indomalaya and Australia
- Host unknown but associated with Hyparrhenia hirta
A. microscopicus – Holarctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. minutus – Holarctic, Neotropical, North Africa
- A parasitoid recorded on a huge range of hosts including many Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera and Neuroptera
A. neglectus – Holarctic, North Africa, Near East and Indomalaya
- A parasitoid on various lady beetles, also recorded on the aphidid aphid Myzus cerasi
A. niger – Indomalaya, Australia
- A parasitoid on the triozid bug Trioza fletcheri
A. pallipes – Holarctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on the eriocraniid moth Eriocrania semipurpurella
A. pausiris – Holarctic
- A parasitoid recorded on the gall midge Dasineura leguminicola and chloropid flies of the genus Lipara
A. percaudatus – Europe, India
- A parasitoid of crickets of the genus Oecanthus
A. pygmaeus – Holarctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges and apid bees
A. sicarius – Former Yugoslavia, Africa, Near East
- A parasitoid recorded on various coccid scale insects and the buprestid beetle Agrilus sinuatus
A. sobrius – Nearctic, Russia
- A parasitoid of gall midges of the genus Asphondylia, also recorded on a fellow chalcid, the eurytomid Bruchophagus gibbus
A. strobilanae – Holarctic
- A parasitoid recorded on various gall midges and tortricid moths, also recorded on a fellow chalcid, the torymid Torymus azureus
A. terebrans – Holarctic
A. toddaliae – Near East, Madagascar
- A parasitoid of coccid scale insects of the genus Ceroplastes
A. venustus – Holarctic
- A parasitoid recorded on various gall midges and eurytomid wasps of the genus Bruchophagus
A. zosimus – Holarctic, North Africa and New Zealand
- A parasitoid recorded on a very wide range of insects including Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Parasitized in turn by the eupelmid Eupelmus allynii

Palaearctic species

A. aartseni – Greece
A. acron – Czech Republic
A. aega – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Dasineura glechomae
A. aethiops – Palaearctic
- Recorded as a parasitoid on a variety of insects including bean weevils, gall midges, gall wasps and other chalcid wasps (family Eurytomidae)
A. agevilleae – Italy, Slovakia
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Agevillea abietis
A. agrus – Palaearctic
A. albae – China (Shaanxi province)
- A parasitoid of the bark beetle Cryphalus exiguus
A. alveatus – Palaearctic, North Africa
- A parasitoid recorded on the gall midge Massalongia rubra and the gall wasp Rhodites mayri
A. amenon – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Dasineura ulmariae
A. andalusicus – Spain
- A parasitoid of gall wasps of the genus Plagiotrochus
A. annulatus – Central Europe
- A parasitoid recorded on the gall midge Asphondylia sarothamni and some coccid scale insects
A. anodaphus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Rhopalomyia ptarmicae
A. apama – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of various gall midges
A. apiculatus – Palaearctic
A. aquaticus – Palaearctic
- Host unknown but associated with Phragmites australis
A. aquilus – Britain
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Dasineura trifolii
A. arathis – Britain
A. arenarius – Europe
A. aristaeus – Palaearctic
A. arrabonicus – Palaearctic
- Host unknown but associated with Alopecurus pratensis
A. arsenjevi – Far eastern Russia
A. artemisiae – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of gall midges of the genus Rhopalomyia
A. artemisicola – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Contarinia artemisiae
A. askewi – France
- Host unknown but associated with Daucus carota
A. atticus – Greece
- A parasitoid of gall midges of the genus Cystiphora
A. aurantiacus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of gall wasps of the genus Diplolepsis
A. avetjanae – Armenia
- A parasitoid of the gall wasp Diplolepsis fructuum
A. azoricus – Azores
A. bakkendorfi – Denmark
- A parasitoid associated with gall producing insects on Astragalus glycyphyllos
A. balasi – Central Europe
- A parasitoid of moths – recorded on gracillariids of the genus Phyllocnistis and the tortricid Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
A. beringi – Far eastern Russia
A. beroe – Britain
A. beyazus – Iran
A. biorrhizae – Palaearctic

A parasitoid of the gall wasp Biorhiza pallida (which causes oak apples)

A. blandus – Far eastern Russia
A. blastophagusi – China (Heilongjiang)
- A parasitoid of the bark beetles Ips subelongatus and Tomicus pilifer
A. boreus – Europe
- A parasitoid of the tephritid fruit flies Euleia heraclei and Philophylla heraclei
A. bouceki – Spain
A. brachycerus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on the nepticulid moth Nepticula argyropeza
A. brevipennis – Czech Republic, Slovakia
A. bucculentus – Armenia, Turkey, Israel
- A parasitoid on a fellow chalcid – the eurytomid Eurytoma amygdali
A. calamarius – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. calvus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid recorded on the cockroach Loboptera decipiens and the evaniid wasp Zeuxevania splendidula
A. capitigenae – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Bayeria capitigena
A. capnopterus – Southern Europe
A. catius – Palaearctic
A. caudatus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura alopecuri
A. cebennicus – France
A. cecidomyiarum – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on the gall wasp Biorhiza pallida (which causes oak apples)
A. celtidis – Europe
- A parasitoid on leaf beetles of the genus Pyrrhalta, also recorded on the gracillariid moth Lithocolletis lantanella
A. cerricola – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Macrodiplosis dryobia
A. chakassicus – Russia
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura rozhkovi
A. ciliatus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Rabdophaga heterobia
A. citrinus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on the gall wasp Aylax rogenhoferi
A. citripes – Europe
- A parasitoid on various dytiscid beetles, also recorded on the lasiocampid moth Dendrolimus pini
A. clavicornis – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid recorded on various gall midges, aphids and scale insects
A. claviger – Palaearctic
A. coccidiphagus – Britain
- A parasitoid on kermesid scale insects of the genus Kermes
A. collega – Europe
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. constrictus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid recorded on brentid beetles of the genus Apion and gall midges of the genus Oligotrophus
A. cracens – Southern Europe, Turkey
- A parasitoid on the buprestid beetle Coraebus rubi
A. craneiobiae – Northern Europe
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. crassiceps – Central Europe
A. crypturgus – China (Shaanxi province)
- A parasitoid on various bark beetles
A. csokakoensis – Palaearctic
A. culminis – France
A. cultratus – Britain
A. curtivena – France
A. cycladum – Greece
- Host unknown but associated with Thymelaea hirsuta
A. cyniphidum – Central Europe
- A parasitoid on various gall wasps
A. dauci – - Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. debilitatus – France
A. deceptor – France
A. dendroctoni – China (Guizhou province)
- A parasitoid on various bark and longhorn beetles
A. deobensis – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the tenthredinid sawfly Pontania viminalis
A. dezhnevi – Far eastern Russia
A. distichus – Central Europe
A. diversus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid recorded on a wide range of insects including curculionid weevils, gall midges and gracillariid and lyonetiid moths
A. doksyensis – Czech Republic
A. domenichinii – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges and gall wasps
A. dotus – Britain
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Dasineura ulmariae
A. dryocoetae – Sweden
A. dryocosmi – China (Zhejiang province)
- A parasitoid on the gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus
A. durmitorensis – former Yugoslavia
A. elegantulus – France
A. eleuchia – Western Europe
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Cystiphora sonchi
A. elongatus – Europe, Near East
- A parasitoid of variouschalcids and gall midges
A. emesa – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura alopecuri
A. epicharmus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. epilobiellus – Netherlands
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura epilobii
A. epilobii – Central Europe
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura epilobii
A. eratus – Britain
A. ericae – France
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Cecidomyia ericoscopariae
A. eriophyes – Europe, Near East

A parasitoid on various eriophyid mites

A. ermaki – Far eastern Russia
A. escherichi – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. esherensis – Britain
A. euagoras – Britain
A. eupatorii – Palaearctic
A. eupolis – Britain
A. eurystoma – Palaearctic
A. eurytomae – Palaearctic, Near East
- A parasitoid on various gall wasps – also recorded on the eurytomid Eurytomus rosae
A. eurytus – Europe
- A parasitoid recorded on a wide range of insects including apionid beetles, ledrid bugs, gall wasps and eurytomid chalcids
A. extensus – France
A. fabicola – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Lasioptera fabae
A. facetus – Russia (Adygea)
A. femoralis – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various weevils (family Curculionidae) and moths (families Gracillariidae and Lyonetiidae)
A. flavicapitus – Far eastern Russia
A. flavifrons – Italy, Madeira
- A parasitoid on the agromyzid fly Cerodontha pygmaea
A. flavovarius – Europe
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on the gracillariid moth Lithocolletis platani
A. flumenius – Far eastern Russia
A. fonscolombei – Palaearctic
A. foraminifer – France
A. forsteri – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall wasps
A. fukutai – China (Hebei), Taiwan
- A parasitoid on various longhorn beetles
A. fulvipes – Palaearctic
A. fusificola – France
- A parasitoid on the gall wasp Plagiotrochus fusifex
A. garganensis – Greece, Italy
A. gaus – Europe
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura leguminicola
A. glandicola – France
- A parasitoid on the gall wasp Callirhytis glandium
A. gnomus – Palaearctic
A. graciliclava – Greece
A. grahami – Moldova
- A parasitoid on curculionid weevils of the genus Lignyodes
A. grandicauda – Far eastern Russia
A. grandii – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. gratus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. grylli – Palaearctic
A. habarovi – Far eastern Russia
A. hanka – Far eastern Russia
A. hedqvisti – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the bark beetle Tomicus minor
A. hians – Madeira
A. holomelas – Hungary
- Host unknown but associated with Quercus cerris
A. holoxanthus – Eastern Palaearctic
A. humilis – Western Europe
- A parasitoid of gall midges of the genus Mayetiola
A. hyperfuniculus – Far eastern Russia
A. ibericus – Spain
A. ilexi – China (Jiangxi)
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. impurus – Switzerland
A. incrassatus – Britain
- Host unknown but associated with Carex spp
A. invidus – Southern Europe, Near East
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. ione – Britain
A. krusenschterni – Far eastern Russia
A. lacaena – Britain
A. lachares – Europe
A. lacunatus – Britain
A. larzacensis – Palaearctic
A. laticeps – France
A. leptocerus – Palaearctic
A. leptoneuros – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid recorded on various kermesid scale insects and also on the tortricid moth Carpocapsa pomonella and the fellow eulophid Tetrastichus pachyneurus
A. levadiensis – Greece
A. ligus – Britain
A. lituratus – Poland
A. longiclava – Far eastern Russia
A. longipectus – Southern Russia (Astrakhan Oblast)
A. longiscapus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. longispinus – Far eastern Russia
A. longistigma – Far eastern Russia
A. longulus – Europe
A. lutescens – Spain
- A parasitoid on the fellow chalcid Blascoa ephedrae (Pteromalidae)
A. luteus – Europe
- A parasitoid on various gall midges and fellow eulophids (including Aprostocetus elongatus)
A. lycidas – Europe, North Africa
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. lycidoides – Greece
A. lysippe – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura crataegi
A. malagensis – Spain
A. mandanis – Europe
- A parasitoid on various delphacid bugs
A. masculinus – France
A. massonianae – China (Guizhou)
- A parasitoid on the bark beetle Cryphalus massonianus
A. maurus – Hungary
A. mazaeus – Britain
A. menius – Palaearctic
A. meridionalis – Southern Europe
A. meroe – Western Europe
A. metra – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. micantulus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura abietiperda
A. microocellus – Far eastern Russia
A. mimulus – Greece
A. minimus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of gall midges of the genus Rabdophaga
A. miridivorus – France, Italy
- A parasitoid of various mirid bugs
A. moldavicus – Moldova
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Dasineura mali
A. morairensis – Spain
A. muiri – China (Guangdong)
A. mycerinus – Palaearctic
- Host unknown but associated with Salix spp
A. myrsus – Britain
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Contarinia rumicis
A. natans – Central Russia, Ukraine
- A parasitoid on various dytiscid beetles
A. nigriventris – Far eastern Russia
A. novatus – Europe
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Agevillea abietis
A. nubigenus – Palaearctic
A. nymphis – Britain
A. obliquus – Palaearctic
A. occidentalis – Southern Europe, Canary Islands, Madeira
A. oculisetatus – Far eastern Russia
A. oreophilus – Europe
- A parasitoid recorded on the leaf beetle Cryptocephalus pini and the gall wasp Cynips caputmedusae
A. orestes – Central Europe
A. orithyia – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of various flies (gall midges and the chloropid Lipara lucens)
A. oropus – Britain
A. ovivorax – Europe
- A parasitoid of the cricket Oecanthus pellucens
A. pachyneuros – Europe
- A parasitoid on various kermesid scale insects and fellow chalcids
A. pallidipedes – Far eastern Russia
A. pallidipes – Japan
A. palustris – Northern Europe
A. pantshenkoi – Southern Russia
A. paralus – Britain
A. peischula – Far eastern Russia
A. perfulvescens – Greece
A. perone – Northern Europe
A. phillyreae – Palaearctic
- Host unknown but associated with Phillyrea spp
A. phineus – Europe
A. phloeophthori – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the bark beetle Phloeophthorus rhododactylus
A. phragmiticola – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Giraudiella inclusa
A. phragmitinus – Europe
- Host unknown but associated with Phragmites spp
A. ping – Spain
A. plagioderae – Moldova
- A parasitoid on the leaf beetle Plagiodera versicolora
A. plangon – Britain
A. planiusculus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on sesiid moths of the genus Chamaesphecia
A. polygoni – Central Europe
- Host unknown but associated with Polygonum persicaria
A. popovi – Far eastern Russia
A. problematicus – Hungary
- A parasitoid recorded on the gall wasp Chilaspis nitida and gracillariid moths of the genus Lithocolletis
A. productus – Palaearctic
A. prolidice – Palaearctic
A. prolixus – China (Hebei), Taiwan
- A parasitoid on the longhorn beetle Apriona germarii
A. prosymna – Britain
A. pseudopodiellus – Europe
- A parasitoid on lestid damselflies of the genus Lestes
A. ptarmicae – Europe
- A parasitoid of gall midges of the genus Rhopalomyia
A. rhacius – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Dasineura trifolii
A. rhipheus – Europe
A. rhode – Britain
A. rimskykorsakovi – Central Russia
A. roesellae – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on fellow chalcids and the yponomeutid moth Argyresthia conjugella
A. rubi – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Lasioptera rubi
A. rubicola – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Lasioptera rubi
A. rufescens – Western Europe
- A parasitoid of the gall wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
A. rufiscapus – Britain
A. rufus – Europe
- A parasitoid on dytiscid beetles of the genus Dytiscus
A. rumicis – Northern Europe
- A parasitoid on brentid weevils of the genus Apion
A. salictorum – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. schambala – Far eastern Russia
A. scoticus – Britain
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Jaapiella veronicae
A. sensuna – Switzerland
A. serratularum – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various tephritid flies, also on gelechiid moths of the genus Metzneria
A. setosulus – Central Europe
A. sibiricus – Far eastern Russia
- A parasitoid of the coccid scale insect Eulecanium secretum
A. silaceus – Greece
A. silvestris – Far eastern Russia
A. spassk – Far eastern Russia
A. specularis – France
A. stenus – Europe
A. stigmaticalis – Britain
- Host unknown but associated with Betula pubescens
A. subanellatus – Palaearctic
- Host unknown but associated with Agrostis spp.
A. subcylindricus – Czech Republic
A. subplanus – Central Europe
A. subterraneus – Hungary
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Planetella frireni
A. suevius – Europe
- A parasitoid on various leaf beetles
A. taiga – Far eastern Russia
A. tanaceticola – Northern Europe
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Rhopalomyia tanaceticola
A. taxi – Europe
- Host unknown but associated with Taxus baccata
A. tenuiradialis – Europe
A. tiliaceae – Czech Republic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Didymomyia tiliacea
A. tilicola – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Contarinia tiliarum
A. tompanus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on apionid beetles of the genus Apion
A. torquentis – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. totis – Britain
A. trjapitzini – Palaearctic, Near East
- A parasitoid on various coccid scale insects, also recorded on a fellow chalcid, the encyrtid Microterys hortulanus
A. truncatulus – France
A. tymber – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. vaccus – Britain
A. vassolensis – Central Europe
A. veronicae – Britain
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Jaapiella veronicae
A. verticalis – Britain
A. verutus – Palaearctic
- Host unknown but associated with various grasses
A. viatorum – Madeira
A. vicinus – Far eastern Russia
A. viridescens – Central Europe
- A parasitoid of the gall midge Cecidomyia baeri
A. viridinitens – Palaearctic
A. volgodonicus – Southern Russia
A. voranus – Britain
A. westwoodii – Central and Southern Europe
- A parasitoid of gall midges of the genus Asphondylia
A. wrangeli – Far eastern Russia
A. xanthomelas – Central Europe
A. xanthopus – Palaearctic
- A parasitoid on various moths, also recorded on the bark beetle Carphoborus minimus
A. xeuxes – Britain
A. zerovae – Ukraine, Central Russia
A. zoilus – Palaearctic
- Host unknown but associated with Alopecurus pratensis

Indomalayan species

A. ajmerensis – India (Rajasthan)
- A parasitoid on the mealybug Coccidohystrix insolita
A. annulicornis – India (Rajasthan)
- A parasitoid on the mealybug Coccidohystrix insolita
A. asphondyliae – India (Karnataka)
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Asphondylia pongamiae
A. bangaloricus – India (Karnataka)
- A parasitoid on the kerriid scale insect Kerria lacca
A. basalis – Indonesia (South Moluccas)
A. coimbatorensis – India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. distinguendus – Indonesia (South Moluccas)
- A parasitoid on the delphacid bug Perkinsiella saccharicida
A. flavidus – India (Andhra Pradesh)
A. holochlorus – Indonesia (South Moluccas)
A. homochromus – Indonesia (South Moluccas)
- A parasitoid on the delphacid bug Perkinsiella vastatrix
A. java – Indonesia (Java, Bali)
A. kuriani – India (Orissa)
- A parasitoid on various pyralid moths
A. lasallei – India (Uttarakhand)
- A parasitoid on various coccid scale insects
A. lecanii – Indonesia (Java, Bali)
- A parasitoid on various coccid scale insects
A. maculatus – India (Uttar Pradesh)
- A parasitoid on the mealybug Ferrisia virgata
A. metallicus – Indonesia (South Moluccas)
A. nainitalensis – India (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh)
A parasitoid on the kerriid bug Kerria lacca
A. nigricornis – India (Uttar Pradesh)
- A parasitoid on the mealybug Nipaecoccus vastator
A. plesispae – Indonesia (Java, Bali)
- A parasitoid on the leaf beetle Plesispa reichei
A. psyllidis – India (Uttar Pradesh)
- Host unknown but associated with Grewia asiatica
A. purpureus – Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia
- A parasitoid on a wide range of scale insects, also recorded on some fellow chalcids
A. sankarani – India
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. santalinus – India (Karnataka)
- A parasitoid on the coccid scale insect Ceroplastes actiniformis
A. tarsalis – Indonesia (South Moluccas)
- A parasitoid on delphacid bugs of the genus Perkinsiella
A. versicolor – Sri Lanka
- A parasitoid recorded on various hymenopterans and moths
A. yoshimotoi – India (Uttar Pradesh)
- Host unknown but associated with Mangifera indica

Afrotropical species

A. aeruginosus – Seychelles
A. agnatus – Seychelles
A. ambilobei – Madagascar
A. ankaratrae – Madagascar
A. aphloiae – Madagascar
A. aspidomorphae – Kenya, Uganda
- A parasitoid on tortoise beetles of the genera Aspidomorpha and Conchyloctenia
A. brevistylus – Central Africa
- A parasitoid on the diopsid fly Diopsis thoracica
A. camerounensis – Cameroon
A. cassidocida – Senegal
- A parasitoid on tortoise beetles of the genus Aspidomorpha
A. dineuri – Republic of Congo
- A parasitoid recorded on the pyralid moth Sylepta derogata and the braconid wasp Apanteles sagax
A. dolichocerus – Seychelles
A. ghananensis – Ghana
A. gowdeyi – Uganda
- A parasitoid on the coccid scale insect Pulvinaria jacksoni
A. gravans – Eritrea, Tanzania
- A parasitoid on the coccid scale insect Coccus viridis and the mealybug Ferrisiana chrysophyllae
A. hanangensis – Tanzania
A. harongae – Madagascar
A. hofferi – Algeria
A. lamiicidus – Ghana, Nigeria
- A parasitoid on longhorn beetles of the genus Tragocephala
A. leroyi – Democratic Republic of the Congo
A. leucopterae – Tanzania
- A parasitoid on various lyonetiid moths of the genus Leucoptera, also recorded on fellow eulophids of the genus Eulophus
A. longiscutulum – Tanzania
A. marinikius – Algeria
A. melichlorus – Ghana
A. microfuniculus – Algeria
A. negetae – Senegal
- A parasitoid on the noctuid moth Negeta luminosa
A. nigriceps – Seychelles
A. pauliani – Madagascar
- A parasitoid on gall-producing insects on Plectronia spp
A. phytolymae – Côte d'Ivoire
- A parasitoid of the psyllid bug Phytolyma lata
A. procerae – West Africa
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on the pyralid moth Chilo phaeosema
A. regnieri – Congo, Kenya
A. roseveari – Central Africa
- A parasitoid on the psyllid bug Phytolyma lata
A. salebrosus – Central Africa
- A parasitoid on the psyllid bug Phytolyma lata
A. scutellaris – Tanzania
A. senegalensis – Senegal
A. spinicornis – Rwanda
A. stictococci – West Africa
- A parasitoid on stictococcid scale insects of the genus Stictococcus
A. theioneurus – Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles
- A parasitoid recorded on the pyralid moth Chilo partellus and the braconid wasp Cotesia sesamiae
A. trichionotus – Central Africa
- A parasitoid on the psyllid bug Phytolyma lata
A. ugandaensis – Uganda
- A parasitoid on the stictococcid scale insect Stictococcus gowdeyi

Nearctic species

A. ajax – Northern United States
A. americanus
A. animus – Mexico, New Mexico
A. anthophilus – South eastern Canada, north eastern United States
- A parasitoid recorded on the gall midge Rhopalomyia anthophila and the totricid moth Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana
A. anthracinus – Western North America
- A parasitoid on the bupestrid beetle Agrilus angelicus
A. banksii – Eastern United States
- A parasitoid on a fellow eulophid, Horismenus nitans
A. blastophagi – Eastern United States
- A parasitoid on the gall wasp Callirhytis blastophaga
A. blattae – Eastern United States
- A parasitoid on cockroaches of the genus Parcoblatta
A. burksi – California
- A parasitoid on various gall wasps
A. cassidis – Eastern United States
- A parasitoid on various leaf beetles
A. cincinnatus
A. esurus – Canada, United States
- A parasitoid recorded on a very wide range of insects – mainly Lepidoptera (Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Oecophoridae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae) but also Coleophoridae (Coccinellidae), Diptera (Tephritidae) and Hymenoptera (Encyrtidae)
A. faustus – Central and western United States
- A parasitoid on tephritid flies of the genus Rhagoletis
A. florida – Florida
A. garryana – Western Canada and United States
- A parasitoid of various gall wasps
A. gelastus – Florida
- A parasitoid on various psyllid and triozid bugs
A. gibboni – Central United States
- A parasitoid on the languriid beetle Languria mozardi
A. granulatus
A. hesperius – Illinois
- A parasitoid on the gall wasp Diplolepis ignota
A. hibus – California
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. hillmeadia – Maryland
A. homeri – Western United States
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. impexus – Virginia
- A parasitoid on the gall wasp Disholcaspis quercusglobulus
A. irvingi – New Mexico
A. ischnopterae – Central and eastern United States
- A parasitoid on various ectobiid cockroaches
A. juniperi – Canada, northern United States
- A parasitoid recorded on various hosts including the eriophyid mite Trisetacus quadrisetus, the curculionid weevil Anthonomus juniperinus and various gall midges
A. kansasia – Kansas
A. lasius – Central United States
- A parasitoid on the gall midge Asteromyia agrostis
A. longicorpus – New Mexico
- A parasitoid on the tortricid moth Rhyacionia frustrana
A. marcovitchi – United States
- A parasitoid recorded on various hosts including gall midges, fellow chalcids and the curculionid weevil Anthonomus juniperinus
A. marilandia – Maryland
A. meltoftei – Greenland
A. milleri – California
- A parasitoid on the gelechiid moth Recurvaria milleri
A. mymaridis – Illinois
- A parasitoid on lestid damselflies of the genus Lestes
A. nebraskensis – Eastern Canada, United States
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on the curculionid weevil Hypera nigrirostris
A. neuroteri – Central and eastern United States
- A parasitoid on gall wasps of the genus Neuroterus
A. novus – Central and eastern United States
A. Oklahoma – Central United States
- A parasitoid on fellow chalcids (family Eurytomidae)
A. oncideridis – West Virginia
- A parasitoid on the longhorn beetle Oncideres cingulata
A. orbitalis – Mexico, California
A. oviductus – Maryland
A. pandora – Oregon
- A parasitoid on the saturniid moth Coloradia pandora
A. pattersonae – United States
- A parasitoid on various gall wasps
A. politi – Eastern and southern United States
- A parasitoid on the gall wasp Xanthoteras politum
A. polynemae – Central and eastern United States
- A parasitoid on various Odonata and the fairyfly Polynema needhami
A. psyllaephagus – Arizona
- A parasitoid on the triozid bug Trioza collaris
A. punctatifrons – Arizona
- A parasitoid on the lyonetiid moth Paraleucoptera albella
A. rosae – North America
- A parasitoid on gall wasps of the genus Diplolepis
A. semiauraticeps – United States
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. silvaticus – North America
- A parasitoid on various moths, also recorded on the diprionid sawfly Neodiprion swainei
A. smilax - Florida
- gall inducer on Smilax havanensis
A. strobilus – North America
- A parasitoid on various gall midges, also recorded on the tortricid moth Barbara colfaxiana and the ichneumon wasp Glypta evetriae
A. tesserus – Northern United States
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. varicornis – Northeastern United States
- A parasitoid on various tortricid moths
A. verrucarii – United States
- A parasitoid on gall wasps of the genus Neuroterus

Neotropical species

A. acutipennis – Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A. arachnophagus – Argentina, Uruguay
- A parasitoid on various araneid and theridiid spiders.
A. ashmeadi – Grenada
A. baccharidis – Chile
A. bahiensis – Brazil (Bahia)
- Host unknown but associated with Ocotea opoifera
A. basilaris – Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A. basimaculata – Nicaragua
A. bondari – Brazil (Bahia)
- A parasitoid on the pauliniid grasshopper Paulinia elegans
A. brasiliensis – Brazil (Mato Grosso)
A. cacus – Brazil (Bahia)
A. chapadae – South America
- A parasitoid recorded on a wide range of insects including weevils, gall midges, coccid scale insects, gelechiid moths and braconid wasps
A. cleonica – Brazil (Bahia)
A. colliguayae – Chile
- Phytophagous, causing galls on Colliguaja odorifera
A. coxalis – Grenada
A. cupreus – Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A. daimachus – Brazil (Bahia)
A. elevatus – Grenada
A. februus – Brazil (Bahia)
A. femoratus – Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A. gallicola – Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
- Host unknown but associated with Philodendron
A. hyalinipennis – Paraguay
A. ignigenus – Argentina
A. infulatus – Argentina
A. longicornis – Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A. melleus – Brazil (Pará)
A. narcaeus – Chile
A. naucles – Chile
- Host unknown but associated with Prosopis tamarugo
A. norax – Chile
- A parasitoid on the lasiocampid moth Macromphalia dedecora
A. phryno – Brazil (Bahia)
A. polypaea – Chile
A. punctifrons – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A. riverai – South America
- A parasitoid of theridiid spiders of the genus Latrodectus
A. similis – Grenada
A. socialis – Chile
A. thomasi – Chile
A. vaquitarum – South America, Caribbean
- A parasitoid recorded on the curculionid weevil Lachnopus coffeae and the elachistid moth Donacivola saccharella
A. viridis – Grenada
A. vulgaris – Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A. xenocles – Chile
- A parasitoid of coccid scale insects of the genus Ceroplastes
A. zemani – South America
- A parasitoid of various coccid scale insects

Australasian species

A. acomatus – Queensland
A. acuminativentris – Queensland
A. acuminatus – Queensland
A. acutiventris – Queensland
A. aeneithorax – Queensland
A. aeneoculex – Queensland
- A parasitoid of leaf beetles of the genus Galeruca
A. aeneon – Queensland
A. aenosus – Queensland
A. aeneus – Queensland
A. affinis – Queensland
A. anna – Queensland
A. arses – Tasmania
A. atrellus – Queensland
A. atristigma – Queensland
A. atriventris – Queensland
A. aura – Queensland
A. auriflavus – Queensland
- A parasitoid associated with gall producing insects on Eucalyptus
A. aurios – Queensland
A. auriscutellum – Queensland
A. auriventris – Queensland
A. australicus – Queensland
A. baucis – Western Australia
A. bicolor – Queensland
A. bilongifasciatus – Queensland
A. boswelli – Queensland
A. boussingaulti – Queensland
A. brevis – Queensland
A. brevistigma – South Australia
A. brunneiventris – Queensland
A. brunneus – Queensland
A. burmeisteri – Northern Territory
A. cinctiventer – Queensland
A. cinctiventris – New South Wales
A. cobdeni – Queensland
A. consimilis – Queensland
A. consobrinus – Queensland
- A parasitoid associated with gall producing insects on Eucalyptus
A. cressoni – Queensland
A. culex – Queensland
A. darwini – Queensland
A. darwinianus – Queensland
A. decii – Queensland
A. dei – Queensland
A. dymas – Tasmania
A. eucalypti – South Australia
- A parasitoid on fellow chalcids: recorded on Rhicnopletella spp. (Eulophidae) and Neomegastigmus ater (Torymidae)
A. fannius – Tasmania
A. fasciativenter – Tasmania
A. fasciativentris – New South Wales
A. fasciativentrosus – Queensland
A. filiformis – New South Wales
A. flavellinus – Queensland
A. flavellus – Queensland
A. flavicaput – Queensland
A. flavicollis – Queensland
A. flavicornis – Queensland
A. flavios – Queensland
A. flavipostscutellum – Queensland
A. flaviscapus – Queensland
A. flaviscutellum – Queensland
A. flavobasalis – Queensland
A. flavus – Queensland
A. froggatti – New South Wales
A. fulgens – Queensland
A. fulvipostscutellum – Queensland
A. fuscipennatus – South Australia
A. fuscipennis – Queensland
A. fuscitibiae – Tasmania
A. fuscosus – Queensland
A. fuscus – Queensland
A. gloriosus – Queensland
A. glycon – Tasmania
A. gobius – Queensland
A. gregi – Queensland
A. grotiusi – Queensland
A. guttatus – Queensland
A. haeckeli – Queensland
A. handeli – Queensland
A. hetaericos – Queensland
A. hexguttativentris – Queensland
A. hyalinus – Queensland
A. imago – New South Wales
A. imperialis – Queensland
A. indigenus – Queensland
A. inghamensis – Queensland
A. intentatus – Queensland
A. io – Queensland
A. ion – Queensland
A. kelloggi – Queensland
A. latithorax – Queensland
A. lelaps – Western Australia
A. lenini – Queensland
A. limbus – Tasmania
A. lineatus – Queensland
A. longiclavus – Queensland
A. longipennis – Queensland
A. longiventris – Queensland
A. lustris – Queensland
A. mahometi – Queensland
A. marginatus – Queensland
A. margiscutellum – Queensland
A. margiscutum – Queensland
- A parasitoid associated with gall producing insects on Eucalyptus
A. margiventris – Queensland
A. margiventrosus – Queensland
A. maximus – Queensland
A. meridialis – Queensland
A. meridianus – Victoria
A. mesmeri – Queensland
A. minutissimus – Queensland
A. mirus – Queensland
A. misericordia – Queensland
A. montanus – Queensland
A. monticola – Queensland
A. morum – Queensland
A. multifasciatus – Queensland
A. necopinatus – Queensland
A. neis – Tasmania
A. nelsonensis – Queensland
A. nigriclava – Queensland
A. nigrithorax – Queensland
A. nomadis – Queensland
A. novifasciatus – Queensland
A. nubilipennis – Queensland
A. nugatorius – Queensland
A. nympha – Queensland
A. obscurus – Queensland
A. occultus – Queensland
A. octoguttatus – New South Wales
A. pallidicaput – Queensland
A. pallidiventris – Queensland
A. parvulus – Queensland
A. pax – Queensland
A. perkinsi – Queensland
A. perobscurus – South Australia
A. perpulcher – Queensland
A. platoni – Queensland
A. polychromus – Northern Territory
A. pomosus – Queensland
A. pontiac – South Australia
A. postscutellatus – Queensland
A. proto – Tasmania
A. pulcher – Queensland
A. pulchrinotatus – Queensland
A. pullus – Queensland
A. purpureicorpus – Queensland
A. purpureithorax – Queensland
A. purpureivarius – Queensland
A. quadrifasciatus – Queensland
A. quadriguttativentris – Queensland
A. quadrimaculae – Queensland
A. quadrimaculatus – Queensland
A. queenslandensis – Queensland
A. quinqnigrimaculae – Victoria
- A parasitoid associated with gall producing insects on Eucalyptus
A. rieki – Queensland
A. rotundiventris – Queensland
A. rufiscutellum – Queensland
A. saintpierrei – Queensland
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. saltensis – Queensland
A. salto – Queensland
A. saltus – Queensland
A. sannio – Queensland
A. sannion – Queensland
A. schilleri – Queensland
A. secus – Queensland
- A parasitoid associated with gall producing insects on Eucalyptus
A. semiflaviceps – Queensland
A. septemguttatus – Queensland
A. sexguttatus – Queensland
A. seymourensis – Queensland
A. silvarum – Queensland
A. silvensis – Queensland
A. speciosissimus – Queensland
A. speciosus – Queensland
A. spissigradus – Queensland
A. subfasciativentris – Queensland
A. sublustris – Queensland
A. sulcatus – Queensland
A. sulfureiventris – Queensland
- A parasitoid on various gall midges
A. susurrus – Queensland
A. tarsatus – Queensland
A. teiae – Queensland
- A parasitoid on lymantriid moths of the genus Teia, also recorded on the leaf beetle Galeruca semipullata
A. tenuis – Queensland
A. thalesi – Queensland
A. transversifasciatus – New South Wales
A. tricolor – Queensland
- A parasitoid associated with gall producing insects on Eucalyptus
A. trifasciatus – Queensland
A. trimaculosus – Queensland
A. unfasciativentris – Queensland
A. valens – Tasmania
A. varicolor – Queensland
A. variegatus – Queensland
A. verus – Victoria
A. victoriensis – Victoria
- A parasitoid on various gall wasps
A. viridicyaneus – Queensland
A. viridiflavus – Queensland
A. viridiscapus – Queensland
A. viridithorax – Queensland
A. vivatus – Queensland
A. wallacei – Queensland
A. walsinghami – Victoria
A. xanther – Northern Territory, Queensland
A. xanthicolor – Queensland
A. xenares – New South Wales, Tasmania
A. zaleucus – Tasmania

References

Gates, Michael W.; Zhang, Y. Miles; Buffington, Matthew L. (2020). "The great greenbriers gall mystery resolved? New species of Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) gall inducer and two new parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) associated with Smilax L. in southern Florida, USA (English)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 80: 71–98. doi:10.3897/jhr.80.59466.

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[:0-1] Gates, Michael W.; Zhang, Y. Miles; Buffington, Matthew L. (2020). "The great greenbriers gall mystery resolved? New species of Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) gall inducer and two new parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) associated with Smilax L. in southern Florida, USA (English)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 80: 71–98. doi:10.3897/jhr.80.59466.