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Ceranisus

Ceranisus sp., vertex female, arrow points at occipital suture

Ceranisus sp., antenna female

Ceranisus sp., thoracic dorsum female

Author, year, journal with original description

Walker, F., 1841, The Entomologist 1:v-vi

Type species

Ceranisus pacuvius Walker (lectotype female in the Natural History Museum, London)

Synonym names

Thripoctenus Crawford; Epomphale Girault; Urfacus Doganlar

Diagnosis

Occipital suture present; midlobe of mesoscutum with 2 pair of setae (1 pair in C. russelli); flagellum with 2 funiculars in both sexes; male scape usually strongly swollen

Number of species

14, of which 4 have been recorded from the Neotropical region

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Distribution

Throughout the World

Biology

Larval parasitoids on Thripidae (Insecta: Thysanoptera)

Literature

Triapitsyn, S.V. 2005. Revision of Ceranisus and the related thrips-attacking entedonine genera (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) of the World