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Genus Gracilepyris

Representative Images

Epyris rufipes - Gracilepyris rufipes - female Bethylid - Gracilepyris rufipes - female Bethylid - Gracilepyris rufipes - female

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 Chrysidoidea (Cuckoo Wasps & allies)
Family Bethylidae (Flat Wasps)
Subfamily Epyrinae
Genus Gracilepyris

Explanation of Names

Epyris Westwood, 1832

Numbers

4 species in our area, 5 total (1)

Range

worldwide(2)

Works Cited

1.A peered look at Gracilepyris (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
Z Meidana, M Khayrandish, CO Azevedo, SM Madjdzadeh & MG Moghaddam. 2024. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 27(1): 102177.
2.Phylogenetic analysis of Rhabdepyris (Hym.: Bethylidae) and redefinition of generic limits based on morphological characters
Cecilia Waichert & Celso O. Azevedo. 2009. Zootaxa, 2284: 1-29.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 28 December, 2007 - 2:44am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 19 January, 2025 - 12:13am

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