''Liostenogaster'' is a genus of
hover wasps from the subfamily
Stenogastrinae of the family
Vespidae
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which has a distribution centred on south-east Asia. It was named by the
Dutch entomologist
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Jacobus van der Vecht from material collected by
Japan
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ese scientists on an expedition to
Thailand
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,
Malaysia
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and
Cambodia
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which took place in 1966.
Species
The following species are currently assigned to ''Liostenogaster'':
* ''
Liostenogaster abstrusa''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster bimaculata''
Selis, 2018
* ''
Liostenogaster campanulae''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster filicis''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster flaviplagiata''
(Cameron, 1902)
* ''
Liostenogaster flavolineata''
(Cameron, 1902)
* ''
Liostenogaster maculiceps''
Selis, 2018
* ''
Liostenogaster nitidipennis''
(de Saussure, 1853)
* ''
Liostenogaster pardii''
Turillazzi & Carfi 1996
* ''
Liostenogaster picta''
(Smith, 1860)
* ''
Liostenogaster topographica''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster tutua''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster variapicta''
(Rohwer, 1919)
* ''
Liostenogaster vechti''
Turillazzi 1999
References
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Vespidae