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Genus Laelius

Bethylid Wasp - Laelius - female Oatmeal Wasp 2 - Laelius Laelius - female Laelius - female Laelius - female Laelius - female Laelius - female Laelius - female
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 Bethylidae (Flat Wasps)
Subfamily Epyrinae
Genus Laelius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
4 spp. of our fauna have been recently transferred here from Rhabdepyris(1)
Explanation of Names
Laelius Ashmead 1893
Numbers
9 spp. in our area,(2)(3) 40 total(1)
Identification
Long hairs on dorsal surface of head and thorax
Range
most of the world, except the Neotropics & Australasia(1)
Remarks
ectoparasitoids of immature stages of beetles such as Dermestidae, and thus are commonly taken indoors --Jongok LIM
Works Cited
1.Phylogenetic analysis of Rhabdepyris (Hym.: Bethylidae) and redefinition of generic limits based on morphological characters
Cecilia Waichert & Celso O. Azevedo. 2009. Zootaxa, 2284: 1-29.
2.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
3.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
Contributed by tom murray on 9 February, 2011 - 7:20pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 23 December, 2023 - 11:34pm

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