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Sierolomorphid Wasps (Sierolomorphidae)
Family Sierolomorphidae - Sierolomorphid Wasps
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon
(Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily
Tiphioidea
Family
Sierolomorphidae (Sierolomorphid Wasps)
Explanation of Names
Sierolomorphidae Brues & Melander 1932
Numbers
7 spp. in a single genus in our area
(
1
)
(
2
)
(
3
)
Size
♀ body 5.1‒5.8 mm, forewing 3.0‒4.3 mm • ♂ body 3.4‒5.0 mm, forewing 2.2‒4.8 mm
(
4
)
Identification
resemble robust bethylids with more complex forewing venation
(
4
)
Range
much of NA
(
1
)
; Palaearctic
Food
Hosts unknown
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
2.
New species of the genus Sierolomorpha from New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Sierolomorphidae)
Terry D. Miller. 1986. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 62(2): 121-123.
3.
Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
4.
A preliminary review of the nearctic species of Sierolomorpha (Hymenoptera)
Evans, H.E. 1961. Breviora, 140: 1-12.
Contributed by
George Waldren
on 18 December, 2007 - 5:34pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
,
PaleoJon
Last updated 29 October, 2023 - 10:49pm