Dryinidae is a cosmopolitan family of solitary wasps. Its name comes from the Greek drys for oak : Latreille named the type genus Dryinus because the first species was collected on an oak tree in Spain.

Dec 11, 2024 · Family Dryinidae - Pincer Wasps Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited Classification

Jun 13, 2023 · Dryinidae, commonly known as pincer wasps, include species living in a wide range of habitats (from Patagonia to northern Europe beyond the Arctic Circle), from sea level to altitudes over 3000 m (Olmi 1999).

Most Dryinidae act as cenobiont ectoparasitoids of Cicadellidae (Cicadelloidea), Delphacidae, Flatidae and Membracidae (Hemiptera). Females of Dryinidae feed on nectar and other sugary solutions and, with the exception of Aphelopinae,

Jun 14, 2023 · Because of their frequency, abundance, and unique morphological and biological traits, the Dryinidae (pincer wasps) are among the most important parasitoids of nymphs and adults of Hemiptera:...

Parasitoids of homopteran nymphs and adults (Cicadellidae, Delphacidae and Flatidae most commonly parasitized out of a total of 12 families). Adult female dryinids usually have a chelate foretarsus for grasping the host bug during oviposition.

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Dryinidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) is a cosmopolitan family of solitary wasps. Dryinidae comes from the Greek (Dryinus = Oak). Latreille named this family because the first species was collected in an Oak plant in Spain.

Aug 12, 2019 · Dryinidae is a small family of Chrysidoidea (Hymenoptera) including 16 subfamilies, 50 genera, and approximately 1900 species worldwide (Olmi and Xu 2015; Tribull 2015; Olmi et al. 2019). The species of this family are parasitoids and often also predators of HemipteraAuchenorrhyncha (Guglielmino et al. 2013).

Apr 24, 2014 · An updated revision of Neotropical Dryinidae is presented. Seven subfamilies, 23 genera and 502 species are treated. Descriptions, geographic distribution, known hosts, natural enemies and type material of each species are presented, together with illustrations of the main morphological characters and keys to the subfamilies, genera and species.