Ismarus (wasp)
Ismarus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Ismaridae, and presently the sole extant genus in the family (a second genus was recently removed[1]). About 50 species are known in this small relictual group, all of which appear to be hyperparasitoids that parasitize Dryinidae (that attack leafhoppers).
| Ismarus | |
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| Ismarus dorsiger illustration from British Entomology | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ismaridae |
| Genus: | Ismarus Haliday, 1835[1] |
| Species | |
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~50 species | |
Ismarus was formerly included in the family Diapriidae, but differ from diapriid wasps by lacking a facial projection from which the antenna arise, and characterized by various degrees of fusion of the metasomal terga.[2]
References
- Kolyada, V. & Chemyreva, V. (2016). "Revision Of Species Of The Genus Ismarus Haliday, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea: Ismaridae) Of The Russian Fauna" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 318: 1–19. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- Kim, Chang-Jun; Copland, Robert & Notton, David (2018). "The family Ismaridae Thomson (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea): first record for the Afrotropical region with description of fourteen species new to science". African Invertebrates. 59 (2): 127–163. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.24403. hdl:10141/622418.
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