Family RHOPALOSOMATIDAE
Compiler and date details
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
This small family is represented in Australia only by the genus Olixon Cameron which is otherwise found in North and South America, southern Africa and Madagascar. Its members have reduced, non-functional wings and are ant-like in appearance. The Australian fauna comprises 17 species. Previously thought to be rare, several species have recently been collected in moderate numbers in long-term pitfall traps. Although no host records are known for Australia, members of this family are all thought to be ectoparasitic on crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae).
General References
Krogmann, L., Austin, A.D. & Naumann, I.D. 2009. Systematics and biogeography of Australian rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) with a global synopsis of the enigmatic genus Olixon Cameron. Systematic Entomology 34: 1-31
Townes, H. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15: 1–34
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 28-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |