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Sclerogibbidae
Family Sclerogibbidae
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 and Allies)
Family
Sclerogibbidae
Explanation of Names
Sclerogibbidae Ashmead 1902
Numbers
5 spp. in 2 genera in our area
(
1
)
, 20 spp. in 3 genera total
(
2
)
Identification
Strongly sexually dimorphic: female is wingless and ant-like, male is winged.
Range
In our area, southern (FL, TX, OK, AZ, CA)
(
1
)
Habitat
Larvae are attached externally to nymphal webspinners and develop with the host's silken galleries
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1
)
Food
hosts: webspinners (Embiidina)
Works Cited
1.
A revision of the world Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea)
Olmi, M. 2005. Frustula Entomologica, N.S., 26-27 (39-40), 46-193.
2.
Order Hymenoptera. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness
Aguiar AP, Deans AR, Engel MS, Forshage M, Huber JT, Jennings JT, Johnson NF, Lelej AS, Longino JT, Lohrmann V, Mikó I, Ohl M. 2013. Zootaxa 3703: 51–62.
Contributed by
George Waldren
on 11 April, 2009 - 1:01pm
Additional contributions by
Bbarnd
,
v belov
Last updated 19 February, 2019 - 1:48pm