Cephalonomia (genus - parasitoids)

Bethylidae • Hymenoptera parasitoids • Beneficials/natural enemies

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Cephalonomia hammi (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Arnstein Staverlokk, Norwegian Institute of Nature Research
Source: BOLDSystems

Cephalonomia (parasitoids) Westwood, 1833

This genus of small wasps is widely distributed and includes gregarious ectoparasitoid of beetle larvae and pupae. Some species are important biological control agents like Cephalonomia stephanoderis, a parasitoid of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) and C. tarsalis which attack larvae of Oryzaephilus beetles in grain stores. Cephalonomia adults are black and have an ant-like appearance.

Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:

• Cephalonomia stephanoderis (parasitoid)
• Cephalonomia tarsalis (parasitoid)
• Cephalonomia waterstoni (parasitoid)