Lissopsius is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least three described species in Lissopsius, found in Mexico and Central America.[1] They are generalist parasitoids of caterpillars.[2]
Lissopsius | |
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Lissopsius pacificus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Subfamily: | Doryctinae |
Genus: | Lissopsius Marsh, 2002 |
Species
editThese three species belong to the genus Lissopsius:
- Lissopsius flavus Marsh, 2002
- Lissopsius jaliscoensis Zaldívar-Riverón, Martinez, Ceccarelli & Shaw, 2012
- Lissopsius pacificus Zaldívar-Riverón, Martinez, Ceccarelli & Shaw, 2012
References
edit- ^ "Lissopsius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
- ^ Zaldivar-Riveron, A.; Martínez, J.; Ceccarelli, F.; Shaw, S. (2012). "Five new species of the genera Heerz Marsh, Lissopsius Marsh and Ondigus Braet, Barbalho and van Achterberg (Braconidae, Doryctinae) from the Chamela-Cuixmala biosphere reserve in Jalisco, Mexico". ZooKeys (164): 1–23. doi:10.3897/zookeys.164.2201. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3272619. PMID 22328849.
Further reading
edit- Marsh, Paul M.; Shaw, Scott R.; Wharton, Robert A. (1987). "An identification manual for the North American genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington.