''Rhopalosoma'' is a genus of
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 in family
Rhopalosomatidae
Rhopalosomatidae is a family of Hymenoptera containing about 68 extant species in four genera that are found worldwide. Three fossil genera are known.
The adults resemble ants and may be confused with them. They are yellowish with red or brown m ...
.
Members of this family are parasitic of
crickets.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following species:
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Rhopalosoma alvarengai''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma angulare''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma bahianum''
Schulz, 1906
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Rhopalosoma bolivianum''
Brues, 1943
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Rhopalosoma breelandi''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma guianense''
Schulz, 1906
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Rhopalosoma haitiense
''Rhopalosoma'' is a genus of wasps in family Rhopalosomatidae. Members of this family are parasitic of Gryllidae, crickets.
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following species:
*''Rhopalosoma alvarengai'' Townes, 1977
*''Rhopalosoma angulare'' ...
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Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma hispaniola''
Lohrmann, 2019
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Rhopalosoma impar''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma isopus''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma lanceolatum''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma minus''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma missionicum''
Ogloblin, 1951
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Rhopalosoma nearcticum''
Brues, 1943
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Rhopalosoma obliquum''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma poeyi''
Cresson, 1865
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Rhopalosoma scaposum''
Townes, 1977
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Rhopalosoma simile''
Brues, 1943
References
Rhopalosomatidae
Hymenoptera genera
Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson
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