Scelio
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| Scelio | |
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| Scelio antorides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Scelionidae |
| Subfamily: | Scelioninae |
| Genus: | Scelio Latreille, 1805 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 240 species | |
Scelio is a large genus (at least 240 and possibly 500 species), the largest within the family Scelionidae, of parasitic wasp whose known target hosts include the eggs of grasshoppers (Acrididae, Orthoptera).[1] They are found worldwide and some species have been implemented as biological control agents.
