Lyciscidae


Lyciscidae is a family of chalcid wasps. The genera comprising this family were previously placed in the Cleonyminae subfamily of a paraphyletic Pteromalidae.

Description and biology

Many species have metallic green, blue and bronze colours, and stout hind legs and fore legs. The females of most species have a tapered abdomen and a long ovipositor suited to accessing hosts concealed in wood; they are often encountered on trunks or branches of trees. Many are parasitoids of wood-boring beetles of the families Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Curculionidae. However, some Agamerion species are parasitoids of cockroach egg masses, Epistenia species parasitize twig-nesting aculate wasps and bees, and Marxiana grandiosa is a hyperparasite of braconid wasps.

Subfamilies and genera

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Lyciscinae

  • Agamerion
  • Amazonisca
  • Chadwickia
  • Epistenia
  • Eupelmophotismus
  • Hadroepistenia
  • Hedqvistia
  • Lycisca
  • Marxiana
  • Mesamotura
  • Neboissia
  • Neoepistenia
  • Nepistenia
  • Paralycisca
  • Parepistenia
  • Proglochin
  • Proshizonotus
  • Protoepistenia
  • Riekisura
  • Romanisca
  • Scaphepistenia
  • Shedoepistenia
  • Striatacanthus
  • Thaumasura
  • Urolycisca
  • ''Westwoodiana''

Solenurinae

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