Genus Methocha

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Small long-bodied wasps - Methocha - male

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 Thynnoidea

Family Thynnidae (Thynnid Wasps)

Subfamily Methochinae

Genus Methocha

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Methocha Latreille, 1804

Methoca Latreille, 1804 (misspelling)

Tengyra Latreille, 1809

Spinolia Costa, 1858

Numbers

4 spp. listed in our area:(1)(2)

1. Methocha californica Westwood, 1881: CA, NV, WA

2. Methocha formosa Krombein 1954: FL

3. Methocha impolita Krombein, 1958: DC, NY, WV

4. Methocha stygia Say, 1836: widespread (s. Canada, United States)

Identification

Females wingless, resemble ants. Males winged.

Life Cycle

Parasitoids of larval tiger beetles, Cicindelinae.

Print References

Evans, Howard E. 1965. A Description of the Larva of Methocha stygia (Say), With Notes on Other Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 67(2): 88-95. - descriptions of the larva of Methocha stygia

Krombein, Karl V. 1958. Additions during 1956 and 1957 to the wasp fauna of Lost River State Park, West Virginia, with biological notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 60(2):49-64. - description of Methocha impolita

Internet References

Chryis.net - Methocha

BOLD Systems - images of Methocha stygia

Works Cited

1.	Nomina Insecta Nearctica Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.

2.	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.

Contributed by George Waldren on 23 February, 2009 - 11:26am
Additional contributions by cotinis, PaleoJon
Last updated 3 November, 2021 - 7:43pm

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