Genus Spilomicrus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

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 Diaprioidea

Family Diapriidae

Subfamily Diapriinae

Tribe Spilomicrini

Genus Spilomicrus

Explanation of Names

Spilomicrus Westwood 1832

Numbers

large polytypic genus, with >20 spp. in our area and many more in the New World(1) (2)

Range

worldwide; in the New World, from Canada to Chile, with maximum diversity in the Neotropics(1)

Food

primary parasites (both solitary and gregarious) of various Diptera; a few spp. were reared from Coleoptera(1)

Works Cited

1.	The genera of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) in the New World Masner L., García J.L. 2002. Bull. AMNH 268: 1‒138.

2.	Revision of Spilomicrus in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea, Diapriidae) L. Masner. 1991. The Canadian Entomologist, 123(1), 107-177.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 December, 2010 - 10:41pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 6 January, 2022 - 5:13pm

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