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Larrini
Larrini is a tribe of square-headed wasps in the family Crabronidae. About 15 genera and more than 1,300 described species are placed in the Larrini. Genera These 15 genera belong to the tribe Larrini: * '' Dalara'' Ritsema, 1884 * '' Dicranorhina'' Shuckard, 1840 * '' Gastrosericus'' Spinola, 1839 * '' Holotachysphex'' de Beaumont, 1940 * '' Kohliella'' Brauns, 1910 * '' Larra'' Fabricius, 1793 (mole cricket hunters) * '' Larropsis'' Patton, 1892 * ''Liris'' Fabricius, 1804 * '' Megalara'' Kimsey and Ohl, 2012 * '' Paraliris'' Kohl, 1884 * '' Parapiagetia'' Kohl, 1897 * '' Prosopigastra'' A. Costa, 1867 * '' Tachysphex'' Kohl, 1883 * '' Tachytella'' Brauns, 1906 * ''Tachytes ''Tachytes'' is a genus of predatory, solitary wasps, containing about 300 species. Etymology The name of the genus derives from the Greek ταχύτης (''tachytes''), meaning swiftness or speed. Distribution These wasps have a worldwide dis ...'' Panzer, 1806 References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalara
''Megalara garuda'', colloquially referred to as the "King of Wasps", is a large wasp and the only species in the genus ''Megalara'', family Crabronidae, tribe Larrini. The species M. garuda is only known from the Mekongga Mountains in the southeastern part of the Indonesia island of Sulawesi. It was described in 2012 by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and Michael Ohl, curator and head of entomology at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Rosichon Ubaidillah from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences also contributed the discovery. In March 2012, the full species description was published.. The species is named after Garuda, the national symbol of Indonesia, a giant, bird-like creature. This species had never been observed while alive or in flight, nor had any raw footage of one alive ever been seen. Males of one morph Morph may refer to: Biology * Morph (zoology), a visual or beh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalara
''Dalara ''is a genus of wasp in the family Crabronidae, tribe Larrini Larrini is a tribe of square-headed wasps in the family Crabronidae. About 15 genera and more than 1,300 described species are placed in the Larrini. Genera These 15 genera belong to the tribe Larrini: * '' Dalara'' Ritsema, 1884 * '' Dicranor .... Species The genus ''Dalara'' contains 2 extant species: *'' Dalara mandibularis'' F. Williams, 1919 *'' Dalara schlegelii'' (Ritsema, 1884) See also *'' Dalara garuda'' References Crabronidae Apoidea genera {{Apoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachytes
''Tachytes'' is a genus of predatory, solitary wasps, containing about 300 species. Etymology The name of the genus derives from the Greek ταχύτης (''tachytes''), meaning swiftness or speed. Distribution These wasps have a worldwide distribution throughout temperate and tropical regions. Description Adults are typically black, with light or clear wings, and sometimes a red or brown gaster or legs. They are about 12 mm long, but can range from 4 mm to 24 mm. Many species have green eyes, which is distinctive of the genus. They often possess short golden hairs and a round build, which can give them a bee-like appearance. Biology ''Tachytes'' generally predates on Orthoptera (grasshoppers and katydids, especially those of the families Acrididae, Tettigoniidae, Tetrigidae, and Tridactylidae), though ''Tachytes bidens'' reportedly predates on geometer moths. Like other hunting wasps, the female captures a prey item, stings to paralyze it, and seals it in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larra (wasp)
''Larra'', also known as mole cricket wasps or mole cricket hunters, is a genus of wasps that prey on various species of mole crickets. They have gained prominence as integrated pest management agents. Distribution Members of this genus are found worldwide, particularly in the tropics. Life cycle ''Larra'' wasps feed on nectar as adults. Female wasps hunt adult or late-instar mole crickets and lay their eggs upon them, first temporarily paralyzing them by stinging them on the underside. The larva, upon hatching, gradually consumes the host, eventually killing it. It then pupates in or near the remains. The adults are solitary and do not form colonies. Incubation and development are highly variable in length and dependent upon temperature; in winter, the larvae may enter diapause. Each ''Larra'' species preferentially hunts a particular set of prey species, even when related prey is available. The temporary paralysis of the host is a distinctive feature of the genus out of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachysphex
''Tachysphex'' is a genus of square-headed wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are over 450 described species in ''Tachysphex''. See also * List of Tachysphex species References Further reading * External links * Crabronidae Apoidea genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{apoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crabronidae
The Crabronidae are a large paraphyletic group (nominally a family) of wasps, including nearly all of the species formerly comprising the now-defunct superfamily Sphecoidea. It collectively includes well over 200 genera, containing well over 9000 species. Crabronids were originally a part of Sphecidae, but the latter name is now restricted to a separate family based on what was once the subfamily Sphecinae. Several of the subfamilies of Crabronidae are often treated as families in their own right, as is true of the most recent phylogenies (example below). Phylogeny This phylogenetic tree is based on Sann ''et al.'', 2018, which used phylogenomics to demonstrate that both the bees (Anthophila) and the Sphecidae arose from within the former Crabronidae, which is therefore paraphyletic, and which they suggested should be split into several families; the former family Heterogynaidae nests within the Bembicidae, as here defined. These findings differ in several details from studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liris (wasp)
''Liris'' is a genus of solitary, ground-nesting, predaceous wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...s, containing over 300 species. It contains two subgenera: ''Leptolarra'' and ''Motes'', with most of the species falling within subgenus ''Leptolarra''. See also * List of ''Liris'' species References Crabronidae Apoidea genera {{Apoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
