''Cephalonomia'' is a genus of

parasitoid In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...

wasps in the family

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 m ...

. There are more than 20 described species in ''Cephalonomia''.

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus ''Cephalonomia'': * '' Cephalonomia benoiti'' Guiglia, 1956 * '' Cephalonomia brevipennis'' Kieffer, 1906 * '' Cephalonomia cursor'' Westwood, 1881 * '' Cephalonomia floridana'' Ashmead * '' Cephalonomia formiciformis'' Westwood, 1833 * '' Cephalonomia gallicola'' (Ashmead, 1887) * '' Cephalonomia hammi'' Richards, 1939 * '' Cephalonomia hirticollis'' Ashmead * '' Cephalonomia hyalinipennis'' Ashmead, 1893 * '' Cephalonomia hypobori'' Kieffer, 1919 * '' Cephalonomia kiefferi'' Fouts * '' Cephalonomia macrocephala'' Evans * '' Cephalonomia maculata'' Maneval, 1935 * '' Cephalonomia mycetophila'' Kieffer, 1906 * '' Cephalonomia nidicola'' Szelenyi, 1944 * '' Cephalonomia nigrescens'' Kieffer, 1906 * '' Cephalonomia nigriventris'' Masi, 1933 * '' Cephalonomia nubilipennis'' Ashmead * '' Cephalonomia peregrina'' Westwood, 1881 * '' Cephalonomia pinkfloydi'' Ward, 2013 * '' Cephalonomia pontina'' Cerruti, 1957 * '' Cephalonomia rufa'' Kieffer, 1906 * '' Cephalonomia stephanoderis'' Betrem, 1961 * ''

Cephalonomia tarsalis ''Cephalonomia tarsalis'' is a idiobiont ectoparasitoid hymenopteran in the family Bethylidae. Known hosts include: ''Oryzaephilus surinamensis'', ''Sitophilus granarius'', ''Sitophilus oryzae'', ''Sitophilus zeamais'', and ''Tribolium castaneum ...

'' (Ashmead, 1893) * '' Cephalonomia unicolor'' Fouts, 1935 * '' Cephalonomia venata'' Richards, 1939 * '' Cephalonomia waterstoni'' Gahan (parasitic grain wasp)

References

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