Biology:Pristocera

Pristocera is an Old World genus of chrysidoid wasps in the family Bethylidae. In the subfamily Pristocerinae, they are somewhat distinctive, as they can be recognized by males having a hypopygium split into two separate plates or the petiolar flaps in females.

Species

These species belong to the genus Pristocera, but more exist:

• Pristocera abdominalis (Turner, 1915) ^z
• Pristocera aethiopica (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera africana (Kieffer, 1911) ^z
• Pristocera agraensis (Kurian, 1952) ^a
• Pristocera alberti (Benoit, 1957) ^z
• Pristocera albopilosus (Cameron, 1904) ^a
• Pristocera areolata Muesebeck, 1934
• Pristocera armaticeps (Turner, 1915) ^z
• Pristocera armifera Say ^b
• Pristocera aurata (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera basutoense (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera bicarinata (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera brunneus (Benoit, 1957) ^z
• Pristocera cariana Magretti, 1897 ^a
• Pristocera cavigens Azevedo, 2025 ^a
• Pristocera centrale (Benoit, 1956) ^z
• Pristocera changmaiensis Terayama & Yamane, 1998 ^a
• Pristocera chirindaense (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera collare (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera commune (Turner, 1915) ^z
• Pristocera condadti (Stadelmann, 1894) ^z
• Pristocera congoense (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera depressa (Fabricius, 1804) ^g
• Pristocera drewsenii Westwood, 1874 ^a
• Pristocera eironeformis Turner, 1914 ^a
• Pristocera elongata (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera formosana Miwa & Sonan, 1935 ^g
• Pristocera fraterna (Acrepyris) fraterna Evans, 1963 ^{b a}
• Pristocera gigantea (Arle, 1930) ^z
• Pristocera govindrami Kurian, 1952 ^a
• Pristocera huberi Terayama, 2004 ^a
• Pristocera kinabalensis Terayama & Yamane, 1998 ^a
• Pristocera lembana (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera liberiense (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera masii Soika, 1933 ^g
• Pristocera maxima (Turner, 1917) ^z
• Pristocera morawitzi Fadeev, 2021
• Pristocera mufungwaense (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera nyassica (Kieffer, 1906) ^z
• Pristocera orientalis (Cameron, 1888) ^a
• Pristocera poirieri Terayama, 2004 ^a
• Pristocera puncticeps Fouts, 1930 ^a
• Pristocera rosmara (Stadelmann, 1892) ^z
• Pristocera rufa Kieffer, 1905 ^a
• Pristocera sampwense (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera sarawakensis Terayama & Yamane, 1998 ^a
• Pristocera schoutedeni (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera sinhalensis Turner, 1928 ^a
• Pristocera spina (Benoit, 1957) ^z
• Pristocera spinatum (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera spineceps (Masi, 1939) ^z
• Pristocera spinigera (Turner, 1915) ^z
• Pristocera sumatrensis Terayama & Yamane, 1998 ^a
• Pristocera superba (Benoit, 1963) ^z
• Pristocera tangana (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera thermophila (Benoit, 1957) ^z
• Pristocera uniformis (Benoit, 1982) ^z
• Pristocera urundiense (Benoit, 1956) ^z
• Pristocera zata Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z
• Pristocera zela Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z
• Pristocera zintica Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z
• Pristocera zonta Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z
• Pristocera zuncra Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014 ^z

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net a = Azevedo, 2025 (oriental species only) z = Zamprogno & Azevedo 2014

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=DKzAmSDdLtsC. 
• "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. 1979. https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/catalog-hymenoptera-america-north-mexico. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10354051 entry