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Bethylidae
The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps. Overview Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera and most are parasitoids. Some of them, however, have developed their parasitoidal biology along predatory lines and they sting and malaxate their victims into paralysis. Then they hide the prey and lay their eggs on them. According to Azevedo et al. (2018) eight subfamilies of the Bethylidae are recognized: * Pristocerinae * Epyrinae * Mesitiinae * Bethylinae * Scleroderminae *† Lancepyrinae *† Protopristocerinae *† Holopsenellinae Genera According to Azevedo et al. (2018) there are 96 genera belong to the family Bethylidae. Some are listed here: * '' Afrobethylus'' Ramos & Azevedo * '' Afrocera'' Benoit, 1983 * '' Allepyris'' Kieffer, 1905 * '' Allobethylus'' Kieffer, 1905 * '' Anaylax'' Moczar, 1970 * '' Anisepyris'' Kieffer, 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps. Overview Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera and most are parasitoids. Some of them, however, have developed their parasitoidal biology along predatory lines and they sting and malaxate their victims into paralysis. Then they hide the prey and lay their eggs on them. According to Azevedo et al. (2018) eight subfamilies of the Bethylidae are recognized: * Pristocerinae * Epyrinae * Mesitiinae * Bethylinae * Scleroderminae *† Lancepyrinae *† Protopristocerinae *† Holopsenellinae Genera According to Azevedo et al. (2018) there are 96 genera belong to the family Bethylidae. Some are listed here: * '' Afrobethylus'' Ramos & Azevedo * '' Afrocera'' Benoit, 1983 * '' Allepyris'' Kieffer, 1905 * '' Allobethylus'' Kieffer, 1905 * '' Anaylax'' Moczar, 1970 * '' Anisepyris'' Kieffer, 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps. Overview Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera and most are parasitoids. Some of them, however, have developed their parasitoidal biology along predatory lines and they sting and malaxate their victims into paralysis. Then they hide the prey and lay their eggs on them. According to Azevedo et al. (2018) eight subfamilies of the Bethylidae are recognized: * Pristocerinae * Epyrinae * Mesitiinae * Bethylinae * Scleroderminae *† Lancepyrinae *† Protopristocerinae *† Holopsenellinae Genera According to Azevedo et al. (2018) there are 96 genera belong to the family Bethylidae. Some are listed here: * '' Afrobethylus'' Ramos & Azevedo * '' Afrocera'' Benoit, 1983 * '' Allepyris'' Kieffer, 1905 * '' Allobethylus'' Kieffer, 1905 * '' Anaylax'' Moczar, 1970 * '' Anisepyris'' Kieffer, 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunting Wasp
Hunting wasps are members of various taxa of the insect order Hymenoptera. Their habits and affinities vary in many ways, but all practise parental care of their larvae in that they capture prey, usually insects, to feed their larvae. Whether solitary or social, most species construct some form of protection or nest in which they hide the prey and in which the larvae can feed and pupate in reasonable security. Most solitary hunting wasps sting their prey in such a manner as to paralyse it without killing it. As a result it remains fresh for the young to eat. In contrast carnivorous social wasps generally feed prey piecemeal to the larvae as soon as they bring it back to the colony, so there is no need for preservation of the material. A minority of solitary hunting wasps, such as certain Bembicinae, also butcher their prey before feeding it to the larvae. Overview ''Hunting wasp'' is not a biological taxon, but rather describes certain ecological strategies that occur within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysidoidea
The superfamily Chrysidoidea is a very large cosmopolitan group (some 6,000 described species, and many more undescribed) , all of which are parasitoids or cleptoparasites of other insects. There are three large, common families (Bethylidae, Chrysididae, and Dryinidae) and four small, rare families (Embolemidae, Plumariidae, Sclerogibbidae, and Scolebythidae). Most species are small (7 mm or less), almost never exceeding 15 mm. This superfamily is traditionally considered to be the basal taxon within the Aculeata, and, as such, some species can sting, though the venom is harmless to humans. Members of the families Dryinidae and Embolemidae are the only parasitoids among the Hymenoptera to have a life cycle in which the wasp larva begins its life inside the body of the host, and then later forms a sac (called a ''thylacium'') that protrudes out of the host's abdomen. The closely related family Sclerogibbidae contains more traditional ectoparasitoids, attacking the nymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
