Sclerogibbidae
The Sclerogibbidae are a small family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chrysidoidea |
| Family: | Sclerogibbidae |
Overview
Sclerogibbidae are ectoparasitoids of Embioptera. The female wasp oviposits an egg on the abdomen of a host. Once the larva emerges, it attaches itself to its host. After the host is consumed, the larva detaches itself from the carcass and spins a cocoon.
The currently recognised taxa within the family Sclerogibbidae are:[1]
- subfamily †Sclerogibbodinae
- genus †Sclerogibbodes Engel & Grimaldi, 2006a
- subfamily Sclerogibbinae
- genus Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu, 1958
- genus Probethylus Ashmead, 1902
- genus †Pterosclerogibba Olmi, 2005
- genus Sclerogibba Riggio & De Stefani-Perez, 1888
References
- Kateryna V. Martynova, Massimo Olmi, Patrick Müller & Evgeny E. Perkovsky (2019): Description of the first sclerogibbid wasp (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) from Burmese (Myanmar) amber and its phylogenetic significance, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. Vol. 0, No. 0, 1–13, https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1551250
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