Biology:Loboscelidiinae

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Short description: Subfamily of wasps

Loboscelidiinae
Male Loboscelidia sp. in Queensland, Australia - ZooKeys-213-001-g001.jpeg
Loboscelidia, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily: Loboscelidiinae
Ashmead, 1903

Loboscelidiinae is a small subfamily of cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae. There are 2 genera and more than 40 described species in Loboscelidiinae, and they are parasitoids of walking stick eggs.[1][2][3]

Genera

  • Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874
  • Rhadinoscelidia Kimsey, 1988

References

Further reading

  • Bohart, R. M.; Kimsey, L. S. (1982). A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 33. American Entomological Institute. pp. 1–266. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1943364 entry