Bethylidae
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Bethylidae (Bethylid Wasps)
These wasps lay eggs on larvae, or sometimes pupae, of Dermestid beetles. The wasp larvae are ectoparasitoid. Bethylid wasps have stingers, may obtain nectar from flowers, but are not common visitors.
- Hilty, J. Editor. 2015. Insect Visitors of Illinois Wildflowers. World Wide Web electronic publication. illinoiswildflowers.info, version (09/2015)
See: Abbreviations for Insect Activities, Abbreviations for Scientific Observers, References for behavioral observations
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:1241
Specimens with Sequences:1085
Specimens with Barcodes:1042
Species:54
Species With Barcodes:36
Public Records:93
Public Species:9
Public BINs:39
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Bethylidae
The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps.
Overview[edit]
Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera, and yet, like many of the Chrysidoidea, most of the Bethylidae are parasitoids. Some of them, however, have developed their parasitoidal biology along predatory lines and they sting and malaxate their victims into paralysis. Then they hide the prey and lay their eggs on them.
The currently recognised subfamilies of the Bethylidae are:[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Alencar & Azevedo (2013) and Azevedo & Azar (2012)
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