Lyciscidae

Lyciscidae is a family of chalcid wasps.[1] The genera comprising this family were previously placed in the Cleonyminae subfamily of a paraphyletic Pteromalidae.[2]

Lyciscidae
Thaumasura sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Lyciscidae
Bouček, 1958
Subfamilies

Lyciscinae
Solenurinae

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 (jewel beetles), Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles), and Curculionidae (weevils). 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 (which are, in turn, parasitoids of wood-boring beetles).[3]

Subfamilies and genera[1]

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.

  • Agamerion sp., Australia.
    Agamerion sp., Australia.
  • Epistenia coeruleata, USA.
    Epistenia coeruleata, USA.
  • Eupelmophotismus sp., Australia.
    Eupelmophotismus sp., Australia.
  • Thaumasura sp., Australia.
    Thaumasura sp., Australia.
  • Solenura ania, China.
    Solenura ania, China.

References
  1. Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
  2. Noyes, J.S. (March 2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. Gibson, G.A., 2003. Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Associated Publishers. PDF
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