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
Source: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
Grooca- ''Solenura''