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The '''Rhopalosomatidae''' are a family of ] 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)|author1=Lohrmann, L |author2=Ohl, M |lastauthoramp=yes |journal= Zootaxa |volume=2384 |year= 2010 | issue= 2384| pages= 1–43 |url=http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/7828|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2384.1.1 }}</ref> Four 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 '''Rhopalosomatidae''' are a family of ] 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)|author1=Lohrmann, L |author2=Ohl, M |lastauthoramp=yes |journal= Zootaxa |volume=2384 |year= 2010 | issue= 2384| pages= 1–43 |url=http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/7828|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2384.1.1 }}</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 |editor2=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 |editor2=Huber, JT |year=1993|title= Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families|publisher=Agriculture Canada|page=205}}</ref>

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Rhopalosomatidae
Olixon sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Rhopalosomatidae
Brues, 1922
Genera

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The Rhopalosomatidae are a family of Hymenoptera 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:

References

  1. Lohrmann, L; Ohl, M (2010). "World revision of the wasp genus Liosphex Townes, 1977 (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)". Zootaxa. 2384 (2384): 1–43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2384.1.1. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. 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.
  3. 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)
  4. Goulet, H; Huber, JT, eds. (1993). Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families. Agriculture Canada. p. 205.
  5. Guidotti, A E (1999). Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) (PDF). Unpublished thesis, University of Toronto.
  6. Guidotti, A E (2007). "A revision of the wasp genus Paniscomima(Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)and a proposal of phylogenetic relationships among species". Invertebrate Systematics. 21 (4): 297–309. doi:10.1071/is04027.
  7. 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}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  8. 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.
  9. 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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