Family Bethylidae

Classification · Size · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Chrysidoidea (Cuckoo Wasps and Allies)

Family Bethylidae

Size

2-5 mm, rarely more than 10.

Identification

Small to medium sized, usually dark. Females of many species are wingless and ant-like.

Antennae with 12 or 13 segments.

Food

Parasites of larvae of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.

Remarks

Some females have a painful sting.

Print References

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Internet References

Phylogenetic Systematics

British Insects

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 29 April, 2005 - 8:10am
Additional contributions by Brad Barnd
Last updated 9 November, 2007 - 4:49pm

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