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Subfamily of wasps

Amiseginae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chrysididae
Subfamily: Amiseginae
Krombein, 1957

Amiseginae is a subfamily of cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae. There are more than 30 genera and 150 described species in Amiseginae. The group occurs worldwide, and they are parasitoids of stick insect eggs (Phasmatodea). Females of some genera are flightless and resemble ants.

Genera

These 38 genera belong to the subfamily Amiseginae:

References

  1. "Amiseginae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
  2. Baker, Ed (2016). "An online taxonomic database of the stick insect (Phasmida) egg-parasitising subfamilies Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4). Pensoft: e7441. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e7441. PMC 4759390. PMID 26929715.
  3. Baker, Ed (2019). "subfamily Amiseginae Krombein, 1957". Chrysididae species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
  4. WaspWeb

Further reading

  • Bohart, R. M.; Kimsey, L. S. (1982). A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Vol. 33. American Entomological Institute. pp. 1–266. OL 10767294W.
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