Loboscelidiinae

Loboscelidiinae
Loboscelidia, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily:
Ashmead, 1903

Loboscelidiinae is a small subfamily of cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae. There are 2 genera and 72 described species in Loboscelidiinae, and they are parasitoids of walking stick eggs.[1][2][3][4]

Genera

  • Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874
  • Rhadinoscelidia Kimsey, 1988

References

  1. ^ Kimsey, Lynn S. (2018). "Morphology and review of the odd genus Rhadinoscelidia Kimsey, 1988 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 62: 45โ€“54. doi:10.3897/jhr.62.20888.
  2. ^ Baker, Ed (2016). "An online taxonomic database of the stick insect (Phasmida) egg-parasitising subfamilies Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4). Pensoft: e7441. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e7441. PMC 4759390. PMID 26929715.
  3. ^ Baker, Ed (2019). "subfamily Loboscelidiinae Ashmead, 1903". Chrysididae species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
  4. ^ Hisasue, Yu; Pham, Thai-Hong; Mita, Toshiharu (4 August 2023). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Loboscelidiinae) from Vietnam". European Journal of Taxonomy. 887: 1โ€“68. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.877.2203.

Further reading

  • Bohart, R. M.; Kimsey, L. S. (1982). A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Vol. 33. American Entomological Institute. pp. 1โ€“266. OL 10767294W.