Calesidae

Calesidae
Cales sp., female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Calesidae
Howard, 1907[1]
Genera

Cales

Male Cales sp.

Calesidae is a small family of chalcid wasps, previously classified as subfamily Calesinae, in the family Aphelinidae.[2] These tiny wasps (length less than 1 mm) are parasitoids of other small insects, mainly whitefly species, including the widespread pest Aleurothrixus floccosus.[3]

Identification

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Antenna with a radicle two to four times longer than its width and three or four flagellomeres; the club is fused and exceeds the length of the preceding flagellomeres. The protibial spur is short and straight. All legs have four tarsomeres. Scutellum, axilla, and lateral lobe of mesoscutum appear fused. Mesosoma is broadly attached to metasoma. The marginal vein of the hind wing is highly curved. The body is pale yellowish or yellowish brown.[2]

Species

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Cales is the only genus in the family.[2] There are two species groups:

References

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  1. ^ Howard, L.O. (1907) New genera and species of Aphelinidae, with a revised table of genera. Technical Series, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, 12, 69–88. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12206772
  2. ^ a b c Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
  3. ^ UCD Community. 2023. Universal Chalcidoidea Database Website. Cales Howard, 1907. Accessed on 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ Mottern, J. L., & Heraty, J. M. (2014). Revision of the Cales noacki species complex (H ymenoptera, C halcidoidea, A phelinidae). Systematic Entomology, 39(2), 354-379. DOI PDF
  5. ^ Polaszek, A., Shih, Y. T., & Ward, S. E. (2015). A new species of Cales (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitizing Bemisia pongamiae (Takahashi)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Taiwan, with a key to world species of the Cales spenceri-group. Biodiversity Data Journal 3, e6352. DOI