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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Subfamily Gonatopodinae


A new species of the genus Gonatopus Ljungh from the USA (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)
By Adalgisa Guglielmino, Massimo Olmi, Alessandro Marletta, Stefano Speranza
ZooKeys 747: 63-69, 2018
Full text (PDF)

Supplement to the Revision of the World Dryinidae (Hymepnoptera Chrysidoidea)
By Olmi M
Frustula Entomologica Nuova Serie, vol. XII (XXV), pp. 109-395, 1989
PDF available at Researchgate (here)

Descriptions of new taxa of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea)
By Olmi M
Frustula entomologica, N.S., XV: 19–62, 1993
unavailable online or as a PDF as far as I know.

Phylogenetic relationships among the subfamilies of Dryinidae (Hym., Chrysidoidea) as reconstructed by molecular sequencing
By Tribull C.
J. Hymenopt. Res. 45: 15-29, 2015

Dryinidae of the Neotropical region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
By Olmi M., Virla E.G.
Zootaxa 3792: 1–534, 2014

A revision of the Dryinidae (Hymenoptera)
By Olmi, M.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 37: i-xii + 1–1913, 1984
Worldwide revision of the family.

Trap-nesting wasps and bees: life histories, nests, and associates
By Krombein K.V.
Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC. vi+570 pp., 1967

Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants
By Heather N. Holm
Pollination Press LLC; First edition, 2021