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Pemphredonidae
Pemphredonidae is a family of aphid wasps formerly treated as the subfamily Pemphredoninae. There are 19 genera and 556 described species in the family. Description and identification The primary morphological distinction between the Pemphredondae and the Psenidae is that Pemphredondae never have more than two submarginal cells in their forewing while Psenidae have three submarginal cells. Biology The subfamily consists of solitary wasps, each genus having its own distinct and consistent prey preferences. The adult females dig tunnels in the ground, or plant material, for nesting. As with all other apoid wasps, the larvae are carnivorous; females hunt for prey on which to lay their eggs, mass provisioning the nest cells with paralyzed, living prey that the larvae feed upon after hatching from the egg. Taxonomy and phylogeny As Pemphredoninae, this taxon was previously divided into four tribes: Entomosericini, Odontosphecini, Psenini, and Pemphredonini. The Pemphredonini were con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microstigmus
''Microstigmus'', or the thin-waisted social wasps, is a small genus of wasps in the family Pemphredonidae. Species of the genus are found in the Neotropical realm from Central to South America. They build nests and live in colonies ranging in size from 1 to 18 members. ''Microstigmus'' is widely considered to be the only true eusociality, eusocial species of Apoidea, apoid wasp. Biology The species of ''Microstigmus'' ranges in length from . Unlike other Hymenoptera, the head and thorax lack branched or plumose hairs.Allaby, Michael. A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. The wasps also have their posterior metatarsus modified into a cleaning mechanism. Apoid wasps also have a silk gland in the abdomen, which in the Pemphredonidae is used for nest building. In ''Microstigmus'', the gland cells ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diodontus
''Diodontus'' is a genus of wasp belonging to the family Pemphredonidae Pemphredonidae is a family of aphid wasps formerly treated as the subfamily Pemphredoninae. There are 19 genera and 556 described species in the family. Description and identification The primary morphological distinction between the Pemphredond .... The species of this genus are found in Europe, Africa and Northern America. Species: * '' Diodontus adamsi'' Titus, 1909 * '' Diodontus afer'' Morice, 1911See taxa listed at: ''Diodontus'', per California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity. Accessed 10 January 2025 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1226780 Pemphredonidae Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crabronidae
The Crabronidae is a large family of wasps within the superfamily Apoidea. Taxonomy and phylogeny This family has historically been treated as a subfamily in the now-defunct Spheciformes group under the family Sphecidae. The Spheciformes included well over 200 genera, containing well over 9000 species. Revision of these taxa resulted resulted in the restriction of the Sphecidae to what was once the subfamily Sphecinae. As a result, the former Crabroninae was elevated to family status as Crabronidae. Subsequent revision has further restricted the Crabronidae. Several of the subfamilies of the Crabronidae are often treated as families in their own right, as is true of the most recent phylogenies. Of these lineages of Apoidea, only three were not included within Crabronidae in the past: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, and Anthophila. The following phylogenetic tree is based on Sann ''et al.'', 2018, which used phylogenomics to demonstrate that both the bees ( Anthophila) and the Sphe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pemphredon
''Pemphredon'' is a genus of digger wasps in the family Pemphredonidae. The genus is common in the Holarctic, with 12 species represented in Europe. Several species are considered beneficial because of their specialization in aphids. Features ''Pemphredon'' species are often small and black coloured and have some similarity with ants. They have a short, furrowed abdominal stem, two submarginal cells in the forewing and a well developed head, especially behind the compound eyes. The species identification is difficult. Based on the course of the submarginal veins the genus is divided into three species groups, which some authors also regard as subgenera. These are the ''lugubris'', ''morio'' and ''lethifer'' groups. In the former, the outer vein of the second submarginal cell meets the marginal cell noticeably below the middle and the second returning vein ends in the second submarginal cell, which is usually longer than wide. In the ''morio'' group, the outer vein meets the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilomena
''Spilomena'' is a genus of aphid wasps in the family Pemphredonidae. The 86 species are found worldwide being represented in the Palearctic (highest number of species), Nearctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Australasian, and Indomalayan realms. Species These 88 species belong to the genus ''Spilomena'': * '' Spilomena acutitemporis'' Antropov, 1992 * '' Spilomena alboclypeata'' Bradley, 1906 * '' Spilomena alini'' Antropov, 1991 * '' Spilomena ampliceps'' Krombein, 1952 * '' Spilomena arania'' Leclercq, 1961 * '' Spilomena argentina'' Antropov, 1992 * '' Spilomena atrata'' Antropov, 1993 * '' Spilomena ausiana'' Leclercq, 1959 * '' Spilomena australis'' R. Turner, 1910 * '' Spilomena bakeri'' R. Bohart in Bohart and N. Smith, 1995 * '' Spilomena barberi'' Krombein, 1962 * '' Spilomena beata'' Blüthgen, 1953 (Europe) * '' Spilomena bicuspidata'' Antropov, 1993 * '' Spilomena bimaculata'' (Rayment, 1930) * '' Spilomena brasiliensis'' Antropov, 1991 * '' Spilomena canariensis'' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psenidae
Psenidae is a family of aphid wasps in the superfamily Apoidea formerly treated as the tribe Psenini. There are 12 genera and at least 485 described species of Psenidae. Taxonomy and phylogeny As Psenini, this taxon was previously treated as one of 4 tribes under the subfamily Pemphredoninae within Crabronidae. Following phylogenetic analyses Crabronidae was found to be paraphyletic due to the exclusion of Anthophila. As part of this revision, Pemphredoninae was also found to be polyphyletic and was split into 4 families. Psenini and Odontosphecini were combined and elevated to Psenidae. Ammoplanina (a subtribe of Pemphredonini) was elevated to Ammoplanidae, the remaining Pemphredonini to Pemphredonidae, and Entomosericini to Entomosericidae. Psenidae is the sister lineage to Ammoplanidae, while Pemphredonidae is sister to Philanthidae. Genera These 12 genera belong to the family Psenidae: * '' Ammopsen'' Krombein, 1959 * '' Deinomimesa'' Perkins, 1899 * ''Lithium'' Finnamore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stigmus
''Stigmus'' is a genus of aphid wasps in the family Pemphredonidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Stigmus''. Species These 26 species belong to the genus ''Stigmus'': * '' Stigmus americanus'' Packard, 1867 * ''Stigmus aphideperda'' Rohwer * '' Stigmus aphidiperda'' Rohwer, 1911 * ''Stigmus convergens'' Tsuneki, 1954 * '' Stigmus cuculus'' Dudgeon in Nurse, 1903 * '' Stigmus fraternus'' Say, 1824 * ''Stigmus fulvicornis'' Rohwer, 1923 * '' Stigmus fulvipes'' W. Fox, 1892 * '' Stigmus hubbardi'' Rohwer, 1911 * '' Stigmus inordinatus'' W. Fox, 1892 * '' Stigmus japonicus'' Tsuneki, 1954 * '' Stigmus kansitakuanus'' Tsuneki, 1971 * '' Stigmus marginicollis'' (Cameron, 1908) * '' Stigmus montivagus'' Cameron, 1891 * ''Stigmus munakatai'' Tsuneki, 1954 * '' Stigmus murotai'' Tsuneki, 1977 * '' Stigmus nigricoxis'' Strand, 1911 * ''Stigmus parallelus'' Say, 1837 * ''Stigmus paternus'' * ''Stigmus pendulus'' Panzer, 1804 * ''Stigmus podagricus'' Kohl, 1890 * ''Stigmus qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passaloecus
''Passaloecus'' is a genus of wasps in the family Pemphredonidae. The 40 species are found in the Nearctic. They are especially represented in the Palearctic Species These 48 species belong to the genus ''Passaloecus'': * '' Passaloecus annulatus'' (Say, 1837) * '' Passaloecus areolatus'' Vincent, 1979 * ''Passaloecus armeniacae'' Cockerell in Cockerell and Fox, 1897 * '' Passaloecus australis'' Merisuo, 1976 * '' Passaloecus borealis'' Dahlbom, 1844 * '' Passaloecus brevilabris'' Wolf, 1958 * '' Passaloecus clypealis'' Faester, 1947 * '' Passaloecus columnaris'' Ma and Q. Li, 2012 * '' Passaloecus corniger'' Shuckard, 1837 * '' Passaloecus cuspidatus'' F. Smith, 1856 * '' Passaloecus cuspidifrons'' Merisuo, 1976 * '' Passaloecus dorsalis'' Kohl, 1912 * '' Passaloecus dubius'' Tsuneki, 1955 * '' Passaloecus electrobius'' Budrys, 1993 * '' Passaloecus eremita'' Kohl, 1893 * '' Passaloecus erugatus'' Vincent, 1979 * '' Passaloecus fasciatus'' Rohwer * '' Passaloecus gallicola' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus '' Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should clearly demonstrate both monophyly and validity as a separate lineag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
