Superfamily Stephanoidea

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Crown-of-thorns Wasp - Dorsal - Megischus bicolor - 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 Stephanoidea

Numbers

contains a single family(1)

Identification

Head globular, with crown of teeth around median ocellus. Body slender, usually 5-35 mm long; female with ovipositor as long as, or longer than body. Metacoxa widest at base, the 2 basal articulations with metapleuron widely separated from each other and arranged vertically; long axis of metacoxa in lateral view parallel to that of mesosoma (2).

Works Cited

1.	Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera Sharkey M.J. 2007. Zootaxa 1668: 521–548.

2.	Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families Goulet H., Huber J., eds. 1993. Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E. 668 pp.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 October, 2009 - 1:16pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 24 November, 2020 - 9:15pm

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