Lyciscidae

• Family Lyciscidae

  • Subfamily Lyciscinae

    • Genus Agamerion Haliday,

    • Genus Amazonisca Hedqvist,

    • Genus Chadwickia Bouček,

    • Genus Epistenia Westwood,

    • Genus Eupelmophotismus Girault,

    • Genus Hadroepistenia Gibson,

    • Genus Hedqvistia Gibson,

    • Genus Lycisca Spinola,

    • Genus Marxiana Girault,

    • Genus Mesamotura Girault,

    • Genus Neboissia Bouček,

    • Genus Neoepistenia Hedqvist,

    • Genus Nepistenia Bouček,

    • Genus Paralycisca Hedqvist,

    • Genus Parepistenia Dodd,

    • Genus Proglochin Philippi,

    • Genus Proshizonotus Girault,

    • Genus Protoepistenia Gibson,

    • Genus Riekisura Bouček,

    • Genus Romanisca Hedqvist,

    • Genus Scaphepistenia Gibson,

    • Genus Shedoepistenia Gibson,

    • Genus Striatacanthus Gibson,

    • Genus Thaumasura Westwood, 1868

      • Thaumasura australica (Westwood, 1874) (Australia, South Africa)

    • Genus Urolycisca Roman,
    • Genus Westwoodiana Girault,
  • Subfamily Solenurinae

  • Genus Grooca Sureshan and Narendran, 1997

    • Grooca species (Mozambique)

  • Genus Solenura Westwood, 1868

    • Solenura carinatus (Brues, 1907) (South Africa)

    • Solenura fuscoaenea Masi, 1943 (Somalia)

    • Solenura nigra (Walker, 1872) (South Africa)

References

Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea, a biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 832 pp.

Burks R, Mitroiu M-D, Fusu L, Heraty JM, Janšta P, Heydon S, Papilloud ND-S, Peters RS, Tselikh EV, Woolley JB, van Noort S, Baur H, Cruaud A, Darling C, Haas M, Hanson P, Krogmann L, Rasplus J-Y. 2022. From hell’s heart I stab at thee! A determined approach to rendering Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera) monophyletic. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 94:13-88. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.94.94263

Gibson G.A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Prinsloo, G.L. 1980. An illustrated guide to the families of African Chalcidoidea. Rep. S. Afr., Dept. Agric. Fish. Sci. Bull. No. 395: 1-66.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).