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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Diaprioidea » Diapriidae » Diapriinae » Diapriini » Basalys

Genus Basalys

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Basalys? - Basalys wasp - Basalys - female Hymenoptera - Prototrucpidae ? - Basalys Hymenoptera - Basalys - male Hymenoptera - Basalys Hymenoptera - Basalys - male Hymenoptera - Basalys - male diapriid - Basalys - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Diaprioidea
Family Diapriidae
Subfamily Diapriinae
Tribe Diapriini
Genus Basalys
Explanation of Names
Basalys Westwood 1832
Numbers
the vast majority of species remain undescribed(1)
Identification
One of the important characters is the strong 3 (or more uncommonly 4) segmented clava in females. … matty
Range
worldwide; well represented in both North and South America(1)
Food
Several species were reared from various dipterous hosts; some were collected in ant nests(1)
Works Cited
1.The genera of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) in the New World
Masner L., García J.L. 2002. Bull. AMNH 268: 1‒138.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 14 January, 2008 - 11:11pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, v belov
Last updated 25 August, 2012 - 12:34pm

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