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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Leucospidae » Leucospis

Genus Leucospis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Chalcid Wasp - Leucospis affinis - female

Squatty wasp or bee - Leucospis affinis - female

hymenoptera - Leucospis affinis - female

Unknown Hymenoptera - Leucospis affinis - male

Wasp of some kind- rectangluar marking - Leucospis affinis

Split Posterior Chalcidoid Wasps - Dorsal - Leucospis affinis - 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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)

Family Leucospidae

Genus Leucospis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Leucospis Fabricius 1775

Numbers

5 spp.* in our area(1), ~130 spp. total(2)

*Species not yet in the guide: L. texana (GA, NC, TX)

Size

2.3-16.5 mm(3)

Life Cycle

Females ovipositing:

Print References

(4)

Clausen, C. (1940). Entomophagous Insects. New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Pp. x + 688. (Passage on Leucospis on pp. 236–238)

Graenicher S. (1905) On the habits and life-history of Leucospis affinis (Say): A parasite of bees. Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3-4: 153-159 (Full text)

Luo J.F., Liu Q. (2009) Life history and oviposition behavior of Leucospis gigas. Chinese Bulletin of Entomology 46(1): 77–81. [In Chinese]

Internet References

L. dorsigera searching for a host site & ovipositing (video; see also description here)

Genus page from Chalcids 101

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Universal Chalcidoidea Database

3.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

4.	A handbook of the families of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). 2nd Edition Grissell E.E., Schauff M. E. 1997. Ent. Soc. Wash. 87pp.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 11 September, 2006 - 9:52pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Robert H. Biagi, PaleoJon
Last updated 16 June, 2021 - 10:48am

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