Biology:Lysiphlebus

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Lysiphlebus
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Aphidiinae
Genus: Lysiphlebus
Förster, 1862

Lysiphlebus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:[1]

  • Lysiphlebus alpinus Stary, 1971
  • Lysiphlebus balcanicus Stary, 1998
  • Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay & Eady, 1978

Asexual females of the species Lysiphlebus fabarum are able to reproduce by a parthenogenetic mechanism, i.e. thelytoky, that involves automixis with central fusion.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lysiphlebus Förster, 1862" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1260914. 
  2. Belshaw R, Quicke DL. The cytogenetics of thelytoky in a predominantly asexual parasitoid wasp with covert sex. Genome. 2003 Feb;46(1):170-3. doi: 10.1139/g02-112. PMID: 12669810

Wikidata ☰ Q14511654 entry