Assessment of conceptual and taxonomic aspects of the Scelionidae Family (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)
Instituto Federal Goiano, Biology, Parasitology, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2022, 04(01), 046–057.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjst.2022.4.1.0027
Publication history:
Received on 23 December 2021; revised on 29 January 2022; accepted on 30 January 2022
Abstract:
Biology of Scelionidae Scelionid wasps are idiobiont endoparasitoids of spider eggs, mainly araneids and teridids, and of insects odonates, orthopterans, mantles, embypterans, hemipterans, neuropterans, coleopterans, dipterans and lepidopterans. Its females have an ovipositor that acts as a hypodermic needle, allowing it to pierce the chorion of the host's egg and lay eggs. The parasitoid larvae consume the host's tissues and thrusts within it, with one adult emerging in solitary species or several adults in gregarious species. The objective of this mini review is to understand the biology, ecology, habitat, geographical distribution, taxonomy, life cycle and phenology of the Scelionidae Family. In this study, quantitative and conceptual aspects were used. To this end, a bibliographic survey of Scelionidae was carried out in the years 1982 to 2021. Only complete articles published in scientific journals and expanded abstracts presented at national and international scientific events, Doctoral Thesis and Master's Dissertation were considered. Data were also obtained from platforms such as: Academia.edu, Frontiers, Qeios, Pubmed, Biological Abstract, Publons, Dialnet, World, Wide Science, Springer, RefSeek, Microsoft Academic, Science and ERIC.
Keywords:
Biology; Order; Species; Genera; Phenology; Brazil
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