Leucospidae

The Leucospidae are a family of insects Hyménoptère S Apocrite Terebrantia of the super family of the Chalcidoidea . It is a family of entomophagous Insectes parasitizing primarily of Hyménoptères Megachillidae .

Morphology

Taxonomy

This family is divided into 4 kinds for 134 species, the kind Leucospis gathering with him only 84% of the species (112 species).

Leucospis Fabricius 1775 mainly parasitic cosmopolitan of Megachillidae
Micrapion restricted Kriechbaumer 1894 in Africa on Ceratina ( Xylocopinae ), Ceratinella (Spider)
Neleucospis restricted Boucek 1974 in Africa on Sphecidae .
Polistomorpha Westwood 1839 present only in South America on Euglossa (Apidae)

list species

Genre Leucospis Fabricius 1775

addenda Boucek 1974
affinis Say 1824
africana Cameron 1907
alienated Boucek 1974
anthidioides Westwood 1874
antiqua Walker 1862
aruina Walker 1862
atriceps (Girault 1925)
aurantiaca Shestakov 1923
auripyga Boucek 1974
australis Walker 1871
azteca Cresson 1872
bakeri Crawford 1915
banksi Weld 1922
bifasciata Klug 1814
biguetina Jurine 1807
bioculata Boucek 1974
birkmani Brues 1925
brasiliensis Boucek 1974
brevicauda Fabricius 1804
buchi Hedqvist 1968
bulbiventris Cresson 1872
calligastri (Tool bag 1938)
will carinifera Kriechbaumer 1894
cayennensis Westwood 1839
clavigaster Boucek 1974
colombiana Boucek 1974
conicus (Schrank 1802)
coxalis Kirby 1885
darjilingensis Mani 1937
desantisi Boucek 1974
will dorsigera Fabricius 1775
egaia Walker 1862
elegans Klug 1834
enderleini Ashmead 1904
fallax Boucek 1974
femoricincta Boucek 1974
fuelleborniana Enderlein 1903
funerea Schletterer 1890
genalis Boucek 1974
gigas Fabricius 1793
giraulti Boucek 1974
will globigera Boucek 1974
guzeratensis Westwood 1839
histrio Maindron 1878
holubi Boucek 1974
hopei Westwood 1835

ignota Walker 1862
imitans Boucek 1974
incarnata Westwood 1839
insularis Kirby 1900
intermedia Illiger 1807
japonica Walker 1871
klugii Westwood 1839
lankana Boucek & Narendran 1981
will latifrons Schletterer 1890
will leptomera Boucek 1974
leucotelus Walker 1852
mackerrasi Naumann 1981
maculata Weld 1922
malaica Schletterer 1890
manaica Roman 1920
metatibialis Boucek 1974
mexicana Walker 1862
will micrura Schletterer 1890
miniata Klug 1834
moleyrei Maindron 1878
morawitzi Schletterer 1890
nambui Habu 1977
namibica Boucek 1974
nigerrima Kohl 1908
nigripyga Boucek 1974
niticoxa Boucek 1974
obsoleta Klug 1834
opalescens Weld 1922
ornata Westwood 1839
osmiae Boucek 1974
parvula Boucek 1974
pediculata Guerin-Méneville 1844
petiolata Fabricius 1787
pictipyga Boucek 1974
poeyi Guerin-Méneville 1844
will procera Schletterer 1890
propinqua Schletterer 1890
pubescens Boucek 1974
pulchella Crawford 1915
pulchriceps Cameron 1909
pyriformis (Weld 1922)
regalis Westwood 1874
transferred Boucek 1974
rieki Boucek 1974
rileyi Schletterer 1890
robertsoni Crawford 1909

robusta Weld 1922
rostrata Boucek 1974
santarema Walker 1862
schlettereri Schulthess-Schindler 1899
sedlaceki Boucek 1974
will signifera Boucek 1974
sinensis Walker 1862
slossonae Weld 1922
will speifera Walker 1862
sumichrastii Cresson 1872
texana Cresson 1872
tricolor Kirby 1883
varicollis Cameron 1909
ventricosa Boucek 1974
versicolor Boucek 1974
violaceipennis Strand 1911
williamsi Boucek 1974
xylocopae Burks 1961
yasumatsui Habu 1961

Kind Micrapion Kriechbaumer 1894

biimpressum Boucek 1974
bilineatum Kriechbaumer 1894
clavaforme Steffan 1948
congoense Steffan 1948
dalyi Boucek 1974
dolichum Boucek 1974
flavocinctum (Kieffer 1905)
lugubrious Boucek 1974
nasutum Boucek 1974
punctulatum Boucek 1974
richardsi Boucek 1974
steffani Boucek 1974

Kind Neleucospis Boucek 1974

masculina Boucek 1974

Genre Polistomorpha Westwood 1839

atrata Boucek 1974
will conura Boucek 1974
fasciata (Westwood 1874)
femorata Boucek 1974
nitidiventris Ducke 1906
sphegoides Walker 1862
surinamensis (Westwood 1839)

Biology

All the species of Leucospidae are ectoparasitic larvae of Hyménoptère S Aculéate S, mainly of Megachillidae , but they are met parasitizing the following families:

Apidae (kinds Antophtora , Euglossa , Xylocopa ),
Eumenidae ( Xenorynchium ),
Megachillidae ( Anthidiellum , Anthidium , Chalicodoma , Hoplitis , Megachille , Osmia , Stelis ),
Mellitidae ( Ctenoplectra ),
Sphecidae ( Chalybion , Psenulus , Sphex ),
Vespidae ( Ancistrocerus , Anterhynchium , Calligaster )

References

Boucek Z. (1974). With revision off the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea ) off the World. Bulletin off the British Museum off Natural History Entomology Supplement 23:1 - 241.
Cardinal S. & Darling D.C. (2003) Interactive identification key to the world species-groups off Leucospis (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae ). Chalcid Forum 25:10 - 11.
Darling D. & Cardinal S. (2005); The world species-groups off Leucospis (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae ) - thirty years later. Acta Zool Plowshare. Bohem. 69:49 - 64. Doc. pdf
Noyes J.S. (2004). Universal Chalcidoidea Database. The Natural History London Museum. database '' Chalcidoidea ''.

Internal bonds

Glossary of the insects

External bonds

USDA '' Leucospidae ''
University of Panama: Biologia E Sistemática de Hymenoptera '' Leucospidae ''
Natural History Museum London biology of the '' Leucospidae ''
Natural History Museum London Photographic library '' Leucospidae ''

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