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Trielidini
Trielidini is a small tribe of scoliid wasp. Description and identification Members of Trielidini are distinguished from other members of Scoliidae by the presence of both two recurrent veins and three submarginal cells. Taxonomy and phylogeny This tribe was first published as Trielini by Betrem in 1965 as a tribe of Campsomerinae but was not described and was thus rendered ''nomen nudum'' under ICZN. Betrem published the first description under the emended name Trielidini in 1972. This tribe comprised genera with three submarginal cells as distinguished from his Campsomerini with two submarginal cells. The Campsomerinae as treated by Betrem were further distinguished from the Scoliinae by the presence of a second recurrent vein. With the discovery of '' Proscolia'' by Rasnitsyn in 1977 and establishment of the subfamily Proscoliinae, Campsomerinae was demoted to tribal status as Campsomerini, and Trielidini was treated as a symonym of Campsomerini. In his 1996 revision of scoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoliidae
The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of wasps comprising about 560 species worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their wing tips are distinctively corrugated. Males are more slender and elongated than females, with significantly longer antennae, but the sexual dimorphism is not as apparent as in many of the Tiphiidae and Thynnidae. Biology Scoliid wasps are solitary parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. Female scoliids burrow into the ground in search of these larvae and then use their sting to paralyze them. They sometimes excavate a chamber and move the paralyzed beetle larva into it before depositing an egg. Scoliid wasps act as important biocontrol agents, as many of the beetles they parasitize are pests, including the Japanese beetle. Male scoliids patrol territories, ready to mate with females emerging from the ground. Adult wasps may be minor pollinators of some plants and can be found on many wildflowers in the late summer. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colpa Sexmaculata
''Colpa sexmaculata'' is a species of scoliid wasp, of the genus ''Colpa ''Colpa'' is a genus of scoliid wasp. Taxonomy and phylogeny Despite historical treatment under the tribe Campsomerini, phylogenetic analysis revealed the genus to instead be sister to the tribe Scoliini. As a result, it was excluded from Camp ...''. The species occurs in Europe. References Scoliidae Insects described in 1781 {{Apocrita-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomen Nudum
In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate description. This makes it a "bare" or "naked" name, which cannot be accepted as it stands. A largely equivalent but much less frequently used term is ''nomen tantum'' ("name only"). Sometimes, "''nomina nuda''" is erroneously considered a synonym for the term "unavailable names". However, not all unavailable names are ''nomina nuda'' which applies to published names, ''i.e.'' any published name that does not fulfill the requirements of Article 12 (if published before 1931) or Article 13 (if published after 1930). In zoology According to the rules of zoological nomenclature a ''nomen nudum'' is unavailable name, unavailable; the glossary of the ''International Code of Zoological Nomenclature'' gives this definition: And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its formal author, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (which shares the acronym "ICZN"). The rules principally regulate: * How names are correctly established in the frame of binominal nomenclature * How to determine whether a given name is available * Which available name must be used in case of name conflicts ( valid name) * How scientific literature must cite names Zoological nomenclature is independent of other systems of nomenclature, for example botanical nomenclature. This implies that animals can have the same generic names as plants (e.g. there is a genus '' Abronia'' in both animals and plants). The rules and recommendations have one fundamental aim: to provide the maximum universality and continuity in the naming of all anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monophyly
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population), i.e. excludes non-descendants of that common ancestor # the grouping contains all the descendants of that common ancestor, without exception Monophyly is contrasted with paraphyly and polyphyly as shown in the second diagram. A ''paraphyletic'' grouping meets 1. but not 2., thus consisting of the descendants of a common ancestor, excepting one or more monophyletic subgroups. A ''polyphyletic'' grouping meets neither criterion, and instead serves to characterize convergent relationships of biological features rather than genetic relationships – for example, night-active primates, fruit trees, or aquatic insects. As such, these characteristic features of a polyphyletic grouping are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoliini
Scoliini is a cosmopolitan tribe of the family Scoliidae The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of wasps comprising about 560 species worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their wing tips are distinctively corrugated. Males are more slender and elongated than .... Genera Genera within this tribe include: *'' Austroscolia'' Betrem, 1927 *'' Diliacos'' Saussure & Sichel, 1864 *'' Laeviscolia'' Betrem, 1928 *'' Liacos'' Guérin-Méneville, 1838 *'' Megascolia'' Betrem, 1928 *'' Microscolia'' Betrem, 1928 *'' Mutilloscolia'' Bradley, 1959 *'' Pyrrhoscolia'' Bradley, 1957 *'' Scolia'' Fabricius 1775 *'' Triscolia'' de Saussure 1863 References Parasitic wasps Scoliidae {{apocrita-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colpa (wasp)
''Colpa'' is a genus of scoliid The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of wasps comprising about 560 species worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their wing tips are distinctively corrugated. Males are more slender and elongated than ... wasp. Taxonomy and phylogeny Despite historical treatment under the tribe Campsomerini, phylogenetic analysis revealed the genus to instead be sister to the tribe Scoliini. As a result, it was excluded from Campsomerini. Two possibilities were presented, pending results on the placement of '' Guigliana'' and '' Dasyscolia'': either to treat a third tribe, Colpini, or to transfer the genera to Scoliini. Species There are 24 species recognized in this genus: Subgenus ''Colpa'' (''Carbonelis'') Subgenus ''Colpa'' (''Colpa'') Subgenus ''Colpa'' (''Crioscolia'') Subgenus ''Colpa'' (''Heterelis'') Subgenus ''Colpa'' (''Junodelis'') Subgenus ''Colpa'' (''Nyaselis'') Gallery C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasitic Wasps
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 causing the death of these hosts. Different species specialise in hosts from different insect orders, most often Lepidoptera, though some select beetles, flies, or bugs; the spider wasps ( Pompilidae) exclusively attack spiders. Parasitoid wasp species differ in which host life-stage they attack: eggs, larvae, pupae, or adults. They mainly follow one of two major strategies within parasitism: either they are endoparasitic, developing inside the host, and koinobiont, allowing the host to continue to feed, develop, and moult; or they are ectoparasitic, developing outside the host, and idiobiont, paralysing the host immediately. Some endoparasitic wasps of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea have a mutualistic relationship with polydnaviruses, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
