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Genus Platymischus

Platymischus Platymischus Platymischus
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 Diapriini
Genus Platymischus
Explanation of Names
Platymischus Westwood 1832
Numbers
monotypic genus(1)
Range
amphi-Atlantic in the Northern Hemisphere (Sweden, England, Germany, Netherlands, France, Canada, USA: ME, NH)(1)
Habitat
wrack beds on rocky shores in the intertidal zone(1)
Food
Hosts in Europe: Coelopidae and Sepsidae (Diptera)(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.
Contributed by v belov on 25 August, 2012 - 11:10am
Last updated 25 August, 2012 - 12:48pm

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