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Genus Basalys

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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