Myzinum

Myzinum is a genus of wasps in the family Thynnidae. There are 63 species presently recognized in Myzinum.[1]

Myzinum quinquecinctum

Myzinum
Myzinum obscurum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Thynnidae
Subfamily: Myzininae
Genus: Myzinum
Latreille, 1803

They measure 7–24 mm. Found in New World, most diverse in the Neotropics. They are found in meadows, fields, lawns. They parasitize white grubs (scarab larvae), especially Phyllophaga. They are used as biological controls.[2]

Species

References

  1. Kimsey, L. (2009) Taxonomic purgatory: Sorting out the wasp genus Myzinum Latreille in North America (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae). Zootaxa 2224: 30-50. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.190193
  2. Bugguide.net. Genus Myzinum

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  • Media related to Myzinum at Wikimedia Commons
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