Lusius is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the
tribePhaeogenini Förster, 1869 or
Alomyini Förster, 1869,[1] first described by
Pierre Jules Tosquinet in 1903, published after his death.[2] The genus is similar in appearance to species in the genus Heterischnus[3]. Lusius occurs in the Oriental, Afrotropical, Neotropical and Australasian biogeographical regions.[4]
^These terms are considered synonyms in
Wikispecies with Alomyini being the valid term, however Phaeogenini is used in recent publications.
^"The President's Address". The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 50: lvii–lxxiv. 1903.
^
abcSaunders, Thomas E.; Ward, Darren F. (2017). "A new species of Lusius (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 40 (2): 72–78.
doi:
10.1080/00779962.2017.1357427.
S2CID90611651.
^Sources differ on inclusion of this species, with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility assigning it to the genus Grotea, as Grotea anguina Cresson 1894