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| '''Rhopalosomatidae''' |
The '''Rhopalosomatidae''' family of ]ns containing about 68 extant species in four genera that are found worldwide.<ref>{{cite journal|title=World revision of the wasp genus ''Liosphex'' Townes, 1977 (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)|author=Lohrmann, L & Ohl, M |journal= Zootaxa |year= 2010 | issue= 2384| pages= 1–43}}</ref> Three fossil genera are known.<ref>{{cite journal|title= The Wasp Family Rhopalosomatidae in Mid-Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea)|author=Engel, MS|journal=Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society |year=2008|volume=81|issue=3|pages=168–174|doi=10.2317/JKES-712.11.1}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author =Brues, CT |year=1926|title=Note on the Hymenopterous Family Rhopalosomatidae|journal=Psyche|volume=33|pages=18–19| url=http://psyche.entclub.org/33/33-018.html|doi =10.1155/1926/94196}}</ref> The adults resemble ants and may be confused with them. They are yellowish with red or brown markings, but may be all brown in colour. Winged species are usually nocturnal, while wingless or reduced-wing species are mainly diurnal. They are solitary, and the larvae are ectoparasitic on ]n nymphs. Adults have the tips of two or more antennal segments with spines. The hindwing (when present) has distinct claval and jugal lobes. The metatibia has a calcar or curved spur.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Goulet, H & Huber, JT |year=1993|title= Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families|publisher=Agriculture Canada|page=205}}</ref> | ||
| The adults resemble ants and may be confused with them. They are yellowish with red or brown markings, but may be all brown in colour. Winged species are usually nocturnal, while wingless or reduced-wing species are mainly diurnal. They are solitary, and the larvae are ectoparasitic on ]n nymphs. Adults have the tips of two or more antennal segments with spines. The hindwing (when present) has distinct claval and jugal lobes. The metatibia has a calcar or curved spur.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Goulet, H & Huber, JT |year=1993|title= Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families|publisher=Agriculture Canada|page=205}}</ref> | |||
| ''Rhopalosoma'' is a New World genus (17 spp.) with most species from Central and South America. ''Olixon'' (26 spp.) is distributed through Africa and Australia and the New World. ''Paniscomima'' (11 spp.) is known from India, Madagascar, Africa, and Southeast Asia.<ref>{{cite book|title=Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea)|author=Guidotti, A E |year=1999|publisher=Unpublished thesis, University of Toronto|url=https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/14562/1/MQ46189.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=A revision of the wasp genus ''Paniscomima''(Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)and a proposal of phylogenetic relationships among species |author=Guidotti, A E |year=2007|journal=Invertebrate Systematics|volume=21|pages=297–309|doi=10.1071/is04027}}</ref> | ''Rhopalosoma'' is a New World genus (17 spp.) with most species from Central and South America. ''Olixon'' (26 spp.) is distributed through Africa and Australia and the New World. ''Paniscomima'' (11 spp.) is known from India, Madagascar, Africa, and Southeast Asia.<ref>{{cite book|title=Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea)|author=Guidotti, A E |year=1999|publisher=Unpublished thesis, University of Toronto|url=https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/14562/1/MQ46189.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=A revision of the wasp genus ''Paniscomima''(Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)and a proposal of phylogenetic relationships among species |author=Guidotti, A E |year=2007|journal=Invertebrate Systematics|volume=21|pages=297–309|doi=10.1071/is04027}}</ref> | ||
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Vespoidea |
| Family: | Rhopalosomatidae Brues, 1922 |
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The Rhopalosomatidae family of hymenopterans containing about 68 extant species in four genera that are found worldwide. Three fossil genera are known. The adults resemble ants and may be confused with them. They are yellowish with red or brown markings, but may be all brown in colour. Winged species are usually nocturnal, while wingless or reduced-wing species are mainly diurnal. They are solitary, and the larvae are ectoparasitic on orthopteran nymphs. Adults have the tips of two or more antennal segments with spines. The hindwing (when present) has distinct claval and jugal lobes. The metatibia has a calcar or curved spur.
Rhopalosoma is a New World genus (17 spp.) with most species from Central and South America. Olixon (26 spp.) is distributed through Africa and Australia and the New World. Paniscomima (11 spp.) is known from India, Madagascar, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Most species of Liosphex (14 spp.) are found from the southern US to Central and South America, with one species, L. trichopleurum, known from the Philippines and Indonesia. Mesorhopalosoma cearae is a fossil known from Brazil.
Taxonomy
The family has four extant and four extinct genera:
- Eorhopalosoma † Engel, 2008
- Liosphex Townes, 1977
- Mesorhopalosoma † Darling, 1990
- Olixon Cameron, 1887
- Paleorhopalosoma † Nel, Azar & Hervet, 2010
- Paniscomima Enderlein, 1904
- Propalosoma † Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 1999
- Rhopalosoma Cresson, 1865
References
- Lohrmann, L & Ohl, M (2010). "World revision of the wasp genus Liosphex Townes, 1977 (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)". Zootaxa (2384): 1–43.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Engel, MS (2008). "The Wasp Family Rhopalosomatidae in Mid-Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 81 (3): 168–174. doi:10.2317/JKES-712.11.1.
- Brues, CT (1926). "Note on the Hymenopterous Family Rhopalosomatidae". Psyche. 33: 18–19. doi:10.1155/1926/94196.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - Goulet, H & Huber, JT, ed. (1993). Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families. Agriculture Canada. p. 205.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - Guidotti, A E (1999). Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) (PDF). Unpublished thesis, University of Toronto.
- Guidotti, A E (2007). "A revision of the wasp genus Paniscomima(Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)and a proposal of phylogenetic relationships among species". Invertebrate Systematics. 21: 297–309. doi:10.1071/is04027.
- Darling, DC & Sharkey, MJ (1990). "Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Hymenoptera". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 195: 123–153.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Krogmann, Lars; Austin, Andrew D.; Naumann, Ian D. (2009). "Systematics and biogeography of Australian rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) with a global synopsis of the enigmatic genus Olixon Cameron". Systematic Entomology. 34 (2): 222–251. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00460.x.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Lohrmann, V. & A.S. Kroupa (2012). "Genus Olixon". Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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