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Genus Zaischnopsis

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Eupelmid - Zaischnopsis bouceki - female Wasp - Zaischnopsis Chalcid Wasp - Zaischnopsis bouceki - female Little underbark wasp - Zaischnopsis Zaischnopsis - female Zaischnopsis - female Chalcidoid Wasps - Lateral - Zaischnopsis - female Chalcidoid Wasp--Genus Anastatus?? - Zaischnopsis

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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eupelmidae
Subfamily Eupelminae
Genus Zaischnopsis

Explanation of Names

Zaischnopsis Ashmead, 1904

Numbers

7 spp. in our area(1), ~41 spp. worldwide(2)
1. Zaischnopsis bouceki Gibson, 2005
2. Zaischnopsis brachystylata Gibson, 2005
3. Zaischnopsis coenotea Gibson, 2005
4. Zaischnopsis erythrothorax Gibson, 2005
5. Zaischnopsis melanostylata Gibson, 2005
6. Zaischnopsis phalaros Gibson, 2005
7. Zaischnopsis xanthocola Gibson, 2005

Identification

Key to species in Gibson (2005).(1)

Works Cited

1.The species of Zaischnopsis of America north of Mexico, with a checklist of described world species (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae)
Gary A.P. Gibson. 2005. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 69: 89-112.
2.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 October, 2010 - 9:25am
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 28 December, 2021 - 4:38pm

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