Family LIOPTERIDAE
Compiler and date details
2 July 2012 - Danielle N. Stringer, John T. Jennings & Andrew D. Austin, Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and the School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Introduction
In Australasia this small family is known from a single genus, Dallatorrella, and two species, one described from Australia and one from New Guinea. Liopterids are rarely collected, have a worldwide distribution but are more prominent in the tropics and southern hemisphere. They range in size from 5-9 mm and can be recognised by having the metasoma petiolate, with tergites 4-6 the largest, the hind tibia short, the mesopleuron with a deep groove or impression and foveate (deeply pitted) sculpturing on the pronotum. Very limited host records from the northern hemisphere indicate that members of the family parasitise larvae of cerambycids and other wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera).
General References
Liu, Z. 2001. Phylogeny, biogeography and revision of the subfamily Dallatorrellinae (Hymenoptera: Liopteridae). American Museum Novitates 3353: 1–22
Ronquist, F. 1999. Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea. Zoologica Scripta 28: 139–164
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |