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Subfamily Dryininae

Dryinid - Dryinus alatus Dryinus halsteadi - female Unknown Hymenoptera - Dryinus crawfordi Dryinidae: Dryininae - Dryinus crawfordi - male Dryinidae female - Dryinus crawfordi - female Dryinidae, lateral - Dryinus alatus dryinid - male dryinid - 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 Chrysidoidea (Cuckoo Wasps & allies)
Family Dryinidae (Pincer Wasps)
Subfamily Dryininae
Numbers
15 spp. in 4 genera in our area and ~200 spp. in 8 genera total(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Food
hosts: various planthoppers (Fulgoroidea)(1)
Works Cited
1.Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families
Goulet H., Huber J., eds. 1993. Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E. 668 pp.
Contributed by Dennis Haines on 2 March, 2010 - 1:05pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 25 March, 2017 - 5:15pm

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