''Thysanus'' is a genus of
parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...
wasps belonging to the family
Signiphoridae.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Selected species
* ''
Thysanus ater''
Walker, 1840
* ''
Thysanus coleoptratus''
Kerrich, 1953
References
Chalcidoidea
Hymenoptera genera
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