Anicetus is a genus of small, parasitic wasps with a cosmopolitan distribution. There are about 50 species, with the greatest diversity in the tropical parts of the Old World. They are primary endoparasitoids, primarily targeting wax scale and soft scale insects (Coccidae).
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Etymology
The genus was named after Anicetus, the bishop of Rome from c. 157 CE to his death in April 168 CE.
Biology
They are highly specialized, with many species displaying strict host specificity to particular species of scale insects. Some of these scale insects are economically significant pests of important horticultural crops, including citrus, coffee, guava, papaya, mulberry, and mango trees. Because they are capable of controlling scale insect populations in citrus orchards, some Anicetus species were introduced to Australia.
Species
Anicetus abyssinicus Annecke, 1967
Anicetus africanus (Girault, 1920)
Anicetus aligarhensis Hayat, Alam & Agarwal, 1975
Anicetus angustus Hayat, Alam & Agarwal, 1975
Anicetus anneckei Prinsloo & Mynhardt, 1981
Anicetus annulatus Timberlake, 1919
Anicetus aquilus (Annecke, 1967)
Anicetus argentinus (Fidalgo, 1979)
Anicetus ashmeadi Hayat, Alam & Agarwal, 1975
Anicetus austrinus (Annecke, 1967)
Anicetus beneficus Ishii & Yasumatsu, 1954
Anicetus calidus (Annecke, 1967)
Anicetus ceroplastis Ishii, 1928
Anicetus ceroplastodis (Mani, 1935)
Anicetus ceylonensis Howard, 1896
Anicetus chinensis Girault, 1916
Anicetus clivus (Annecke, 1967)
Anicetus communis Annecke, 1967
Anicetus deltoideus Annecke, 1967
Anicetus dodonia Ferrière, 1935
Anicetus eous Trjapitzin, 1965
Anicetus felix (Girault, 1915)
Anicetus fotsyae Risbec, 1959
Anicetus fuscus Annecke, 1967
Anicetus graminosus Annecke, 1967
Anicetus howardi Hayat, Alam & Agarwal, 1975
Anicetus inglisiae Hayat, 2003
Anicetus integrellus Trjapitzin, 1962
Anicetus italicus (Masi, 1917)
Anicetus korotyaevi Sugonjaev, 2005
Anicetus mirabilis (Girault, 1921)
Anicetus myartsevae Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino, 2009
Anicetus mysterius Sugonjaev, 2005
Anicetus nyasicus (Compere, 1938)
Anicetus ohgushii Tachikawa, 1958
Anicetus parilis (Annecke, 1967)
Anicetus parvus Compere, 1937
Anicetus pattersoni (Waterston, 1917)
Anicetus primus (Howard, 1898)
Anicetus quintanai De Santis, 1964
Anicetus rarisetus Xu & He, 1997
Anicetus rubensi Xu & He, 1997
Anicetus russeus (Annecke, 1967)
Anicetus sepis (Annecke, 1967)
Anicetus stylatus Subba Rao, 1977
Anicetus taylori (Annecke, 1967)
Anicetus thanhi Sugonjaev, 2005
Anicetus thymi Sharkov, 1988
Anicetus toumeyellae Milliron, 1959
Anicetus villarreali Trjapitzin & Ruíz Cancino, 2009
Anicetus zhejiangensis Xu & Li, 1991