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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Cuckoo Wasps & allies (Chrysidoidea) » Flat Wasps (Bethylidae) » Epyrinae

Subfamily Epyrinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Anisepyris occidentalis - female termite? - female unknown Hymenoptera bethylid - Rysepyris - female bethylid - Rysepyris - female Bethylidae wasp 4/11 (3) bethylid bethylid
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
all of NA spp. formerly treated in Rhabdepyris, and still so listed in (1), have been moved to other genera as follows(2):
R. amabilis to Anisepyris
R. angusticeps to Anisepyris
R. apache to Anisepyris
R. carolinianus to Anisepyris
R. fulgens to Chlorepyris
R. gracilis to Laelius
R. megacephalus to Anisepyris
R. mellipes to Laelius
R. muesebecki to Laelius
R. nigripilosus to Laelius
R. texanus to Anisepyris
R. werneri to Anisepyris
Explanation of Names
Epyrinae Kieffer 1914
Numbers
~75 spp. in 6 genera in our area, ~750 spp. in 13 genera total(3)(4)(5)

Species have moved around considerably since 2000, especially those that were in Rhabdepyris and Epyris: see (2)(6)(5) and most recently (7).

Genera and species, per (7), in part:

Anisepyris: aeneus, amabilis, analis, angusticeps, apache, arapaho, arizonicus, aurichalceus, bradleyi, carolinianus, columbianus, dietrichorum, gibbosifrons, grandis, laticeps, megacephalus, occidentalis, papago, rugosicollis, subviolaceus, texanus, werneri, williamsi

Aspidepyris: cochise, eriogoni, guatemalensis, oriplanus

Bakeriella: floridana Evans 1964, mira Evans 1997

Chlorepyris: fulgens

Dolus: alachua, deficiens, festivus, sculleni, texanus, vierecki, vogti

Gracilepyris: rufipes (Say)

Laelius: centratus, gracilis, mellipes, muesebecki, nigripilosus (not listed in (7), presumably Laelius), pedatus, simplex, utilis, voracis

Psilepyris: brachypterous, californicus, cariniceps, clarimontis, connexus, corticinus, inops, myrmecophilus, scorteus, sepulchralis, spissus, tricostatus

Rysepyris: bakeri, catalinae, crassus, floridanus, graminis, habilis, haemorrhoidalis, lautus, micidus, pauper, pauxillus, remotus, subapterus, subtilis, sylvanidis

Status Unknown: Epyris monticola Ashmead, 1890; Epyris idionotum Evans, 1969; Holepyris hawaiiensis (Ashmead, 1901)
Range
Worldwide(4)
Food
hosts: beetle larvae in concealed situations(8)
Print References
(6)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic Hymenoptera other (Discover Life's IDnature guide)
2.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.
3.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.
4.Phylogenetic systematics of the family Bethylidae (Insecta:Hymenoptera) Pt II. Keys to subfamilies, tribes & genera in the world
Terayama M. 2003. Acad. Reports Fac. Eng. Tokyo Polytech. Univ. 26: 16-29.
5.Global guide of the flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
Azevedo C. O., I. D. C. C. Alencar, M. S. Ramos, D. N. Barbosa, W. D. Colombo, J. M. R. Vargas, and J. Lim. 2018. Magnolia Press, Zootaxa.
6.Reclassification of Epyrini (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae): a tribal approach with commentary on their genera
Alencar I.D.C.C., Azevedo C.O. 2013. Syst. Entomol. 38: 45–80.
7.Integrative taxonomy solves taxonomic impasses: a case study from Epyrinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
Colombo WD, Tribull CM, Waichert C, Azevedo CO . 2022. Systematic Entomology, 47:504–529.
8.van Noort S. (2004-2015) WaspWeb: Wasps, bees and ants of Africa and Madagascar
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 February, 2007 - 5:58am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov, PaleoJon, Arturo Santos
Last updated 17 January, 2025 - 9:35pm

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