Pluto (wasp) explained

Pluto is a genus of aphid wasps in the family Psenidae.^[1] There are at least 50 described species in Pluto.

Species

These 58 species belong to the genus Pluto:

• Pluto abbreviatus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto aerofacies (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto albifacies (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto alphitopus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto angulicornis (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto annulipes (Cameron, 1891)

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• Pluto araguensis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto arenivagus Krombein, 1950

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• Pluto argentifrons (Cresson, 1865)

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• Pluto atricornis (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto basifuscus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto biformis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto brevipetiolatus (Rohwer, 1910)

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• Pluto castaneipes van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto clavicornis (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto colonensis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto denticollis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto depressus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto duckei van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto emarginatus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto evansi van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto facialis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto fritzi van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto incarinatus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto joergenseni (Brèthes, 1913)

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• Pluto jugularis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto littoralis (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto longiventris (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto marthae van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto medius (F. Smith, 1856)

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• Pluto menkei van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto metanus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto minutus (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto nitens van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto obscurus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto occipitalis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto pallidistigma (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto punctatellus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto pygmaeus (Brèthes, 1913)

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• Pluto rotundus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto rufanalis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto rufibasis (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto rugulosus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto sayi (Rohwer, 1910)

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• Pluto scytinus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto simplicicollis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto smithii (W. Fox, 1897)

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• Pluto spangleri van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto spinicollis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto stenopygidialis van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto stramineipes van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto strigellus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto suffusus (W. Fox, 1898)

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• Pluto texanus (Malloch, 1933)

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• Pluto tibialis (Cresson, 1873)

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• Pluto townsendi (Cockerell, 1911)

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• Pluto trilobatus van Lith, 1979

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• Pluto zonatus van Lith, 1979

^{i c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF,

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Web site: 2018-03-26. Krombein . Karl V.. Hurd Jr. . Paul D. Jr.. Smith . David R.. Burks . B.D.. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Notes and References

1. Manuela . Sann . Oliver . Niehuis . Ralph S. . Peters . Christoph . Mayer . Alexey . Kozlov . Lars . Podsiadlowski . Sarah . Bank . Karen . Meusemann . Bernhard . Misof . Christoph . Bleidorn . Michael . Ohl . 2018 . Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees. . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 18 . 71 . 10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8 . free. 5960199 .