Apozyx

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Braconidae
Subfamilia: Apozyginae
Genus: Apozyx
Species: A. penyai
Name

Apozyx Mason, 1978
References
cited sources

Mason, W.R.M. 1978: A new genus, species and family of Hymenoptera (Ichneumonoidea) from Chile. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 80: 606–610. Internet Archive BHL

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Apozyx is a genus of braconid parasitic wasps with only one species, Apozyx penyai. It is the only genus in the subfamily Apozyginae.[1] This subfamily was originally proposed as a separate family by Mason in 1978.[2]
Description and distribution

The genus Apozyx, and hence the subfamily Apozyginae, are the only braconids to possess the 2m-cu cross-vein of the forewing, the presence of which otherwise serves to distinguish ichneumonids from braconids. Apozygines have a cyclostome oral cavity.[3]

The genus has only been found in Chile.
Biology

It is suspected that Apozyx penyai has host use patterns similar to doryctines but there have been no direct observations.[1]
References

Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. p. 69.
W.R.M., Mason (1978). "A new genus, species and family of Hymenoptera (Ichneumonoidea) from Chile [Apozyx penyai]". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
H., Goulet; J.T., Huber (1993). "Hymenoptera of the world: An identification guide to families".