Lyciscidae is a family of chalcid wasps.[1] The genera comprising this family were previously placed in the Cleonyminae subfamily of a paraphyletic Pteromalidae.[2]
| Lyciscidae | |
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| Thaumasura sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Lyciscidae Bouček, 1958 |
| Subfamilies | |
Description and biology
editMany species have metallic green, blue and bronze colours, and stout hind legs and fore legs. The females of most species have a tapered abdomen and a long ovipositor suited to accessing hosts concealed in wood; they are often encountered on trunks or branches of trees. Many are parasitoids of wood-boring beetles of the families Buprestidae (jewel beetles), Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles), and Curculionidae (weevils). However, some Agamerion species are parasitoids of cockroach egg masses, Epistenia species parasitize twig-nesting aculate wasps and bees, and Marxiana grandiosa is a hyperparasite of braconid wasps (which are, in turn, parasitoids of wood-boring beetles).[3]
Lyciscinae
edit- Agamerion
- Amazonisca
- Chadwickia
- Epistenia
- Eupelmophotismus
- Hadroepistenia
- Hedqvistia
- Lycisca
- Marxiana
- Mesamotura
- Neboissia
- Neoepistenia
- Nepistenia
- Paralycisca
- Parepistenia
- Proglochin
- Proshizonotus
- Protoepistenia
- Riekisura
- Romanisca
- Scaphepistenia
- Shedoepistenia
- Striatacanthus
- Thaumasura
- Urolycisca
- Westwoodiana
Solenurinae
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Agamerion sp., Australia.
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Epistenia coeruleata, USA.
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Eupelmophotismus sp., Australia.
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Thaumasura sp., Australia.
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Solenura ania, China.
References
edit- ^ a b Burks, Roger A.; Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan; Fusu, Lucian; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)" (PDF). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
- ^ Noyes, J. S. (March 2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Gibson, Gary A. P. (June 30, 2003). Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International. Vol. 16. Associated Publishers.