Parasitoids and parasites - other groups

beneficials - natural enemies of pests

delphacid parasitized on the abdomen by the strepsid Elenchus maoricus
Author: S.E. Thorpe
Source:Wikimedia Commons

Parasitoids and parasites - other groups

This group covers other parasites not belonging to the insects orders Hymenoptera and Diptera and are relevant to the biological control of arthropod pests. Some are parasitic as well as predatory, for example some mites can be both and all beneficial mites are listed together, see the "predatory and parasitic mites".

The following groups are currently included in the system:

• Strepsiptera