Subfamily Hybrizontinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Hybrizon rileyi female - Hybrizon rileyi - 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 Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)

Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)

Subfamily Hybrizontinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Paxylommatinae

Hybrizontinae was once considered to be a member of Braconidae.

Numbers

3 genera worldwide; represented in NA by 2 Hybrizon spp.(1)

Identification

Lacks the second crossvein (2m-cu) found in most all other Ichneumonidae.

Range

Holarctic(1)

Remarks

This group had been placed in the family Braconidae, and then was recognized as a family, and, more recently, was moved to the Ichneumonidae. Specimens are rare in collections, and nothing is known about the biology except that circumstantial evidence suggests an association with ants.

Works Cited

1.	Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae

Contributed by Bob Carlson on 23 July, 2010 - 12:03pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 28 November, 2021 - 2:01am

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