# Spathius

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***Spathius*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of doryctine wasps. The larvae of this genus of wasps feed on beetle larvae. They act as biological controllers of the certain pest beetles, such as *[Hylurgopinus rufipes](/source/Hylurgopinus_rufipes)*[1] and the [emerald ash borer](/source/Emerald_ash_borer).[2]

## References

1. *Atlas of World Wildlife*

1. Quicke, Donald L. J. (2015). *The braconid and ichneumonid parasitoid wasps: biology, systematics, evolution and ecology*. 1st published ed. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell. p. 233. ISBN 9781118907054.

- Belokobylskij, S.A.; Austin, A.D. 2013: New species of flightless doryctine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Australia and New Zealand. Australian journal of entomology, 52(4), pages 338–355, [doi:10.1111/aen.12042](https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12042)
- Belokobylskij & Maeto 2009: Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Japan. Volume 1. Natura optima dux Foundation, Warszawa, 2009, pages 1–806
- Belokobylskij, S.A.; Samartsev, K.G. 2014: Palaearctic species of the Spathius exarator species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) with entirely sculptured mesopleuron. Zootaxa 3900 (4), pages 483–504, [doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.2](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.2)
- Tang, P., Belokobylskij, S. & Chen, X-X. 2015: Spathius Nees, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China with a key to species. Zootaxa 3960 (1), pages 1–132, [doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3960.1.1](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3960.1.1)

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