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Genus of wasps

Pelecinus

Pelecinus polyturator
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Proctotrupoidea
Family:	Pelecinidae
Genus:	Pelecinus Latreille, 1800
Species
Pelecinus dichrous Perty, 1833 Pelecinus polyturator (Drury, 1773) Pelecinus thoracicus Klug, 1841

The genus Pelecinus is the only living member of the family Pelecinidae (there are also many fossil genera), and contains only three species, restricted to the New World. One species, Pelecinus polyturator, occurs from North through South America, and the others occur in Mexico (Pelecinus thoracicus) and South America (Pelecinus dichrous). The females are glossy wasps, very long (up to 7 cm) and the abdomen is extremely attenuated, used to lay eggs directly on scarab larvae buried in the soil.

References

Michael S. Engel; David A. Grimaldi (June 2006). "A Diminutive Pelecinid Wasp in Cretaceous Amber from New Jersey (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae)". Northeastern Naturalist. 13 (2): 291–297. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[291:ADPWIC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1092-6194. Wikidata Q54610857.
N.F. Johnson; L. Musetti (October 1999). "Revision of the proctotrupoid genus Pelecinus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae)". Journal of Natural History. 33 (10): 1513–1543. doi:10.1080/002229399299879. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q60357693.

Extant Hymenopteran families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

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Tenthredinoidea	Argidae (argid sawflies) Blasticotomidae (fern sawflies) Cimbicidae (cimbicid sawflies) Diprionidae (conifer sawflies) Pergidae (pergid sawflies) Tenthredinidae (common sawflies)
Xyeloidea	Xyelidae
Pamphilioidea	Megalodontesidae Pamphiliidae (web-spinning sawflies)
Siricoidea	Anaxyelidae (cedar wood wasps) Siricidae (horntails)
Xiphydrioidea	Xiphydriidae (wood wasps)
Cephoidea	Cephidae (stem sawflies)
Orussoidea	Orussidae (parasitic wood wasps)

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Ceraphronoidea

Proctotrupomorpha

Platygastroidea	Geoscelionidae Janzenellidae Neuroscelionidae Nixoniidae Platygastridae Scelionidae Sparasionidae
Cynipoidea	Austrocynipidae Cynipidae (gall wasps) Diplolepididae Figitidae Ibaliidae Liopteridae
Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)	Proctorenyxidae Roproniidae Heloridae Pelecinidae Peradeniidae Proctotrupidae Vanhorniidae
Diaprioidea	Austroniidae Diapriidae Ismaridae Maamingidae Monomachidae
Mymarommatoidea	Mymarommatidae
Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps)	Agaonidae (fig wasps) Aphelinidae Azotidae Baeomorphidae Boucekiidae Calesidae Ceidae Cerocephalidae Chalcedectidae Chalcididae Chrysolampidae Cleonymidae Coelocybidae Cynipencyrtidae Diparidae Encyrtidae Epichrysomallidae Eucharitidae Eulophidae Eunotidae Eupelmidae Eurytomidae Eutrichosomatidae Herbertiidae Hetreulophidae Heydeniidae Idioporidae Leucospidae Lyciscidae Macromesidae Megastigmidae Melanosomellidae Metapelmatidae Moranilidae Mymaridae (fairyflies) Neanastatidae Neodiparidae Ooderidae Ormyridae Pelecinellidae Perilampidae Pirenidae Pteromalidae Signiphoridae Spalangiidae Systasidae Tanaostigmatidae Tetracampidae Torymidae Trichogrammatidae

Evanioidea

Stephanoidea

Stephanidae

Megalyroidea

Megalyridae

Trigonaloidea

Trigonalidae

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Scoliidae (scoliid wasps)

Formicoidea

Formicidae (ants)

Apoidea

Spheciformes (sphecoid wasps)	Ammoplanidae Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps) Astatidae Bembicidae Crabronidae Mellinidae Pemphredonidae Philanthidae Psenidae Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps)

Anthophila (bees)	Andrenidae (mason bees) Apidae (honey bees, bumblebees, cuckoo bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, stingless bees) Colletidae (plasterer bees) Halictidae (sweat bees) Megachilidae (mason bees, leafcutter bees) Melittidae Stenotritidae

See also: Unicalcarida

Taxon identifiers
Pelecinus	Wikidata: Q1952529 Wikispecies: Pelecinus (Pelecinidae) BOLD: 173705 BugGuide: 6944 CoL: 87JJB EoL: 73349 EPPO: 1PELNG GBIF: 1204237 iNaturalist: 70995 IRMNG: 1299028 ITIS: 154054 NCBI: 44351 Open Tree of Life: 365536

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