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Genus Epistenia

Epistenia coeruleata Westwood, 1832 - Epistenia coeruleata - female Epistenia green bee or fly - Epistenia Eulophidae? - Epistenia - male Genus Epistenia Chalcid Wasp  - Epistenia - female Genus Epistenia Chalcid Wasp  - Epistenia - female Odd parasitoid - Epistenia - male Unknown wasp - Epistenia
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 Cleonymidae
Genus Epistenia
Explanation of Names
Epistenia Westwood 1832
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, >21 spp. total(1)
Food
Recorded hosts: twig-nesting Aculeata (Gary Gibson)