Tetrastichus

Belongs within: Tetrastichinae.

Tetrastichus is a cosmopolitan genus of parasitic wasps, with known hosts including Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and phytophagous Hymenoptera (Bouček 1988).

Characters (from Bouček 1988): Clypeal margin bilobed; scutellum with two pairs of setae, anterior pair removed from front border; submarginal vein with one or 2 dorsal bristles only; propodeum mesad of spiracle with an inverted V-shaped carina, i.e. with plica which behind middle sends off a branch towards the postero-lateral corner, propodeum medially never very short, usually reticulate.

<==Tetrastichus Haliday 1844 (see below for synonymy)B88
    |--T. miser [incl. Cirrospilus attalus, *T. attalus]B88
    |--T. aenellus (Girault 1915) [=*Pseudomphaloides aenella, *P. aenellus]B88
    |--T. aethiopsA71
    |--T. agrili Crawford 1914GM79
    |--T. arnoldi (Girault 1913) [=*Ceratoneuromyia arnoldi]B88
    |--T. asparagiA71
    |--T. atriclavusB88
    |--T. autonae (Walker 1839) [=Eulophus autonae]B88
    |--T. blepyriGa37
    |--T. brontispae (Ferrière 1933) [=Tetrastichodes brontispae]B88
    |--T. cecidophagusGT96
    |--T. coeruleus (Bingham 1906) [=Microterys coeruleus]B88
    |--T. culexGi37
    |--T. ennii Girault 1936B88
    |--T. fasciatus Ashmead 1894B88
    |--T. flocci (Ashmead 1887)GM79 [incl. T. californicus Ashmead 1887G30, GM79]
    |--T. giffardianus Silvestri 1915B88
    |--T. halidayiB88
    |--T. hippasus (Walker 1839) [=Cirrospilus hippasus]B88
    |--T. hispidivertex (Girault 1936) [=*Redinia hispidivertex]B88
    |--T. holbeini Girault 1917G17a
    |--T. howardi (Olliff 1893) (see below for synonymy)B88
    |--T. impexus Girault 1917G17a
    |--T. inferensB88
    |--T. kurandensis (Girault 1913) [=Aprostocetus kurandensis, Neomphaloidella kurandensis]B88
    |--T. laddi Girault 1913B88
    |--T. longiscaposus Bouček 1988 [=Ceratoneuromyia longiscapus Girault 1913 non T. longiscapus Thomson 1878]B88
    |--T. longiscapus Thomson 1878B88
    |--T. malacosomae Girault 1917GM79
    |--T. mandanisA71
    |--T. metallicus (Girault & Dodd in Girault 1915) [=Neomphaloidella metallica]B88
    |--T. microcosmus Girault 1917G17b [=T. granulatus (Ashmead 1888) (preoc.)G17b, GM79]
    |--T. microrhopalae Ashmead 1896GM79 [incl. T. chlamydis Ashmead 1896G30, GM79]
    |--T. mittagongensis Girault 1913B88
    |--T. poincarei Girault 1913B88
    |--T. productus Ril. 1885GM79 [incl. T. racemariae Ashmead 1886G30, GM79, T. rosae Ashmead 1886G30, GM79]
    |--T. punctatifacies Girault 1926B88
    |--T. repulsus Girault 1917G17a
    |--T. ruskini (Girault 1915) [=Ceratoneuromyia ruskini]B88
    |--T. silvaticus Gahan 1937Ga37
    |--T. stylatus (Girault 1915) [=Neomphaloides stylatus]B88
    |--T. thanisimi Ashmead 1893GM79
    `--T. theclae (Pck. 1881)GM79 [incl. T. tibialis (Ashmead 1894)G30, GM79]

Tetrastichus Haliday 1844 (nom. cons.) non Walker 1842 (nom. rej.) [incl. Ceratoneuromyia Girault 1913, Pseudomphaloides Girault 1915, Redinia Girault 1936, Solenoderus]^B88

Tetrastichus howardi (Olliff 1893) [=Euplectus (l. c.) howardi, Euplectrus howardi; incl. Tetastichus ayyari Rohwer 1921, Aprostocetus israeli Mani & Kurian 1953]^B88

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[B88] Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera): A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).

[Ga37] Gahan, A. B. 1937. Two new chalcidoid egg parasites (Eulophidae and Mymaridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 39 (9): 266–269.

[G17a] Girault, A. A. 1917a. New chalcid flies. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 72–77).

[G17b] Girault, A. A. 1917b. Descriptiones stellarum novarum. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 80–101).

[G30] Girault, A. A. 1930. New pests from Australia. VIII. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 273-277).

[Gi37] Girault, A. A. 1937. New naturals, unorthodoxies and non-pollutions, viz. new hexapods. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 326–328).

[GT96] Goeden, R. D., & J. A. Teerink. 1996. Life histories and descriptions of adults and immature stages of two cryptic species, Aciurina ferruginea (Doane) and A. michaeli, new species (Diptera: Tephritidae), on Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hooker) Nuttall in southern California. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (3): 415–438.

[GM79] Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 1–400.