Tetracnemus Westwood, 1837

Kang, Ning, Hu, Hongying, Guo, Shuhan & Luo, Shungang, 2024, A new genus and three newly recorded species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from China, ZooKeys 1193, pp. 49-61 : 49

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1193.116791
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D8234F01-6272-4629-BE9E-C1ADC1368B37
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3E4B8E7B-3C59-5D84-8651-AC4761084CC7
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scientific name	Tetracnemus Westwood, 1837
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Genus Tetracnemus Westwood, 1837 View in CoL

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The most important characteristics of the genus are the wide and flat flagellum, clava only one segment, and mandible bidentate. The genus encompasses 36 species worldwide, with three species recorded in China. These species are widely distributed throughout the world and their dominant hosts belong to Pseudococcidae ( Noyes 2019).