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  10. ›Lyciscidae
  11. ›Solenurinae
Solenura
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Solenura

Solenura is a genus of parasitic chalcidoid wasps with species found around the world. Males and females are dimorphic with females having a long ovipositor used for inserting the eggs into beetle larvae boring inside dead wood. Males are very rarely seen. It was sometimes placed within the family Pteromalidae and is now placed within the family Lyciscidae although it is found to be closely related to the genera Heydenia, Ditropinotella and Grooca.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Solenura ania

speciesSolenura ania

Solenura nigra

speciesSolenura nigra

Solenura feretrius

speciesSolenura feretrius

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 536801.