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Subfamily Epyrinae

wasp - Laelius Laelius, wasp - Laelius Bethylidae - Epyrinae dust bunny bethylid - Laelius - male wasp on log - female bethylid - Rysepyris - female 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)
Range
Worldwide(4)
Food
hosts: beetle larvae in concealed situations(6)
Print References
(7)
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.van Noort S. (2004-2015) WaspWeb: Wasps, bees and ants of Africa and Madagascar
7.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.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 February, 2007 - 5:58am
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon, Arturo Santos
Last updated 10 March, 2024 - 8:05pm

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