Loboscelidiinae is a small subfamily of
cuckoo wasp
Commonly known as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliant metallic col ...
s in the family
Chrysididae
Commonly known as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliant metallic col ...
. There are 2 genera and more than 40 described species in Loboscelidiinae, and they are
parasitoids of
walking stick eggs.
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Genera
* '' Loboscelidia'' Westwood, 1874
* '' Rhadinoscelidia'' Kimsey, 1988
References
Further reading
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Parasitic wasps
Chrysididae
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