Encarsia nigricephala
Status not recordedbees wasps and ants
Encarsia nigricephala is a species in the family Aphelinidae, order Hymenoptera. Source checklists list it for 20 countries, including Argentina, Barbados and Brazil.
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Quick facts about Encarsia nigricephala
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 20 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does Encarsia nigricephala live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
Encarsia nigricephala is listed for 20 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is Encarsia nigricephala endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is Encarsia nigricephala classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHymenoptera
- familyAphelinidae
- genusEncarsia
- SpeciesEncarsia nigricephala Dozier, 1937
Relatives of Encarsia nigricephala
Other species in the same genus Encarsia.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does Encarsia nigricephala live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list Encarsia nigricephala for 20 countries, including Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is Encarsia nigricephala?
Encarsia nigricephala (Encarsia nigricephala) belongs to the family Aphelinidae in the order Hymenoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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CreatureData. (2026). Encarsia nigricephala (Encarsia nigricephala). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/encarsia-nigricephala
“Encarsia nigricephala (Encarsia nigricephala).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/encarsia-nigricephala.
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note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
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