Liopteridae is a family of wood-boring
parasitoid wasp
Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causin ...
s. They occur worldwide with concentrations in the African Tropics.
These insects have a
petiolate
Petiole may refer to:
*Petiole (botany), the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem
*Petiole (insect anatomy)
In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, a ...
abdomen. There are 10 genera and more than 140 species known.
Classification
* Subfamily
Dallatorrellinae (Australasian, Oriental)
** Genus ''
Mesocynips''
Cameron, 1903 (Oriental)
** Genus ''
Dallatorrella''
Kieffer, 1911 (Australasian, Oriental)
* Subfamily
Mayrellinae (Worldwide)
** Genus ''
Kiefferiella''
Ashmead, 1903 (Nearctic)
** Genus ''
Paramblynotus''
Cameron, 1908 (Worldwide)
* Subfamily
Liopterinae (Neotropical)
** Genus ''
Liopteron''
Perty, 1833
** Genus ''
Peras''
Westwood, 1837
** Genus ''
Pseudibalia''
Kieffer, 1911
* Subfamily
Oberthuerellinae (Afrotropical)
** Genus ''
Oberthuerella''
Saussure, 1890
** Genus ''
Tessmannella''
Hedicke, 1912
** Genus ''
Xenocynips''
Kieffer, 1910
References
Apocrita families
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