Anagyrus

Anagyrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Encyrtidae
Subfamily: Tetracneminae
Genus: Anagyrus
Howard, 1896
Species

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Synonyms
  • Aagyrus
  • Aglyptoideus De Santis, 1964
  • Anathrix Burks, 1952
  • Apoanagyrus Compere, 1947
  • Cremesina Noyes & Hayat, 1984
  • Doliphoceras Mercet, 1921
  • Epidinocarsis Girault, 1913
  • Gyranusa Mercet, 1921
  • Gyranusia Brethes, 1921
  • Heterarthrellus Howard, 1898
  • Nesoanagyrus Beardsley, 1969
  • Paranusia Brethes, 1913
  • Philoponectroma Brethes, 1913
  • Protanagyrus Blanchard, 1940
  • Rhopomorphus Ghesquiere, 195
  • Tongyus Noyes & Hayat, 1984
  • Xiphomastix De Santis, 1972
A vial containing A. lopezi, at a release ceremony organised and hosted by the Thai Department of Agriculture in the country's northeastern Khon Kaen province. The wasp is being used to help control cassava mealybug outbreaks in the country.
Anagyrus sp. attacking a mealybug.

Anagyrus is a large genus of parasitic wasps from the family Encyrtidae. Anagyrus is distributed throughout the world. A subgenus of Anagyrus is known as Nesoanagyrus (Beardsley 1969)