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Family Bethylidae

Classification · Size · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Bethylid wasp - Pseudisobrachium Bethylid wasp - Pseudisobrachium - female Wasp Another Micro - female Bee ?? Pristocera armifera - male Cephalonomia sp. - Cephalonomia - female Anisepyris occidentalis - female
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
(1)
(2)
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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