Scutellista

The scutellum projects as a roof over about two-thirds of the gaster. The mesoscutum and scutellum have with many scattered short hairs, rather than pairs of strong bristles.^[3]

The genus Scutellista includes the following species:^[2]

• Scutellista aenea Kurdjumov, 1912; found in Ukraine.^[2]
• Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832), a parasitoid of many scale insect species (Coccoidea); it has been introduced into many countries as a biological control agent, and has a world-wide distribution.^[2]
• Scutellista gigantea Berlese, 1916, a parasitoid of the scale insect Ceroplastes mimosae; found in Eritrea.^[2]
• Scutellista hayati (Farooqi, 1981), a parasitoid of Cerococcus, a scale insect; found in India^[2]
• Scutellista hispanica (Masi, 1931); found in Croatia and Spain.^[2]
• Scutellista nigra Mercet, 1910, a parasitoid of scale insects; found in Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, and Spain.^[2]
• Scutellista obscura (Foerster, 1878), a parasitoid of scale insects; found in the Palearctic.^[2]
• Scutellista ovivora (Ishii, 1928), a parasitoid of Lecanium, a scale insect; found in Japan.^[2]