Subfamily Hyptiogastrinae Crosskey, 1953

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• Crosskey, R.W. 1962. The classification of the Gasteruptiidae (Hymenoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 114: 377-402 [387]

Introduction

Hyptiogastrine are predominantly Australian in distribution, although several species of Pseudofoenus are endemic to the south-west Pacific islands of New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Vanuatu (Jennings & Austin 1994; Jennings & Austin 2002), and two species are endemic to South America (Jennings & Austin 1997a). Females of the Australian genus Hyptiogaster have a long, exserted ovipositor, whereas in other hyptiogastrines the ovipositor is short and hidden (Jennings & Austin 1997b; Jennings & Austin 2002).

General References

Jennings, J.T. & Austin, A.D. 1994. Revision of the genus Crassifoenus Crosskey (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae), with a description of a new species from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16(4): 575-591

Jennings, J.T. & Austin, A.D. 1997. Revision of Aulacofoenus Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae), hyptiogastrine wasps with a restricted Gondwanic distribution. Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 943-976

Jennings, J.T. & Austin, A.D. 1997. Revision of the Australian endemic genus Hyptiogaster Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae), with descriptions of seven new species. Journal of Natural History 31: 1533-1562

Jennings, J.T. & Austin, A.D. 2000. Higher-level phylogeny of the Aulacidae and Gasteruptiidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea). pp. 154-164 in Austin, A. D. & Dowton, M. (eds). Hymenoptera: Evolution, Biodiversity and Biological Control. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO 468 pp.

Jennings, J.T. & Austin, A.D. 2002. Systematics and distribution of world hyptiogastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 16: 735-811

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