BethylidaeForster, 1856
Subgroups
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Overview
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Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera and most are parasitoids. Some of them, however, have developed their parasitoidal biology along predatory lines and they sting and malaxate their victims into paralysis. Then they hide the prey and lay their eggs on them.
According to Azevedo et al. (2018) eight subfamilies of the Bethylidae are recognized:[1]
Pristocerinae
Epyrinae
Mesitiinae
Bethylinae
Scleroderminae
†Lancepyrinae
†Protopristocerinae
†Holopsenellinae
Generaedit
According to Azevedo et al. (2018) there are 96 genera belong to the family Bethylidae. Some are listed here:
^Alencar, I.D.; Azevedo, C.O. (2013). "Reclassification of Epyrini (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae): a tribal approach with commentary on their genera". Systematic Entomology. 38 (1): 45–80. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00648.x. S2CID 84529518.
Azevedo, C.O.; Azar, D. (2012). "A new fossil subfamily of Bethylidae (Hymenoptera) from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber and its phylogenetic position". Zoologia (Curitiba). 29 (3): 210–8. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702012000300004.
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"Bethylidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
^"Browse Bethylidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.[permanent dead link]
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"Bethylidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
^M. S. Engel, J. Ortega-Blanco, and C. O. Ozevedo. 2016. A new bethylid wasp in Lebanese Early Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with comments on other Mesozoic taxa. American Museum Novitates3855:1-14
^Azevedo, Celso O.; Azar, Dany (June 2012). "A new fossil subfamily of Bethylidae (Hymenoptera) from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber and its phylogenetic position". Zoologia (Curitiba). 29 (3): 210–218. doi:10.1590/s1984-46702012000300004. ISSN 1984-4689.