Myzinum

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: Thynnoidea
Familia: Thynnidae
Subfamilia: Myzininae
Genus: Myzinum

Species:

Elis pyrula Zhang, 1989
Myzine madeleinae Piton, 1940
Myzinum carolinianum
Myzinum cocoritensis
Myzinum confluens
Myzinum dubiosum
Myzinum frontalis
Myzinum fulviceps
Myzinum haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Myzinum maculatum (Fabricius, 1793)
Myzinum navajo
Myzinum obscurum
Myzinum quinquecinctum

Synonyms

Elis Fabricius, 1804

References

Bartalucci, M.B., 2004: Tribe-groups of the Myzininae with special regard to the palaearctic taxa of the tribe Meriini (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 36 (2): 1205–1308. Full article: [1].
Bartalucci, M.B., 2007: The Afrotropical genera of the subtribe Meriina (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 39 (2): 1257–13005.
Kimsey, L.S. 2009: Taxonomic purgatory: Sorting out the wasp genus Myzinum Latreille in North America (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae). Zootaxa, 2224: 30–50. Abstract & excerpt
Pilgrim, E.M.; von Dohlen, C.D.; Pitts, J.P. 2008: Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies. Zoologica scripta, 37: 539–560.

Myzinum is a genus of wasps in the family Thynnidae. There are 63 species presently recognized in Myzinum.[1]
Myzinum quinquecinctum

They measure 7–24 mm. Found in New World, Myzinum wasps are most diverse in the Neotropics. They are found in meadows, fields, and lawns. They parasitize white grubs (scarab larvae), especially Phyllophaga. They are used as biological controls.[2]

Selected Species

Myzinum carolinianum Panzer
Myzinum frontale Cresson
Myzinum fulviceps Cameron
Myzinum maculatum (Fabricius, 1793)
Myzinum navajo Krombein
Myzinum obscurum (Fabricius, 1805)
Myzinum quinquecinctum (Fabricius, 1775) (five-banded thynnid wasp)

References

Kimsey, L. (2009) Taxonomic purgatory: Sorting out the wasp genus Myzinum Latreille in North America (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae). Zootaxa 2224: 30-50. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.190193

Bugguide.net. Genus Myzinum