Baeus

Last updated

Baeus
Baeus.jpg
Three female Baeus wasps under the microscope.
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scelionidae
Subfamily: Scelioninae
Genus: Baeus
Haliday, 1833
Baeus sp. from Oklahoma, USA. Baeus sp - spider egg parasitoid wasp - Oklahoma - Flickr - Thomas Shahan 3.jpg
Baeus sp. from Oklahoma, USA.

Baeus is a genus of wasps in the family Scelionidae. They are parasitoids of spider eggs. [1] They have a cosmopolitan distribution, being found on every continent but Antarctica. [2] Baeus wasps are extremely sexually dimorphic; while females are very compact and have reduced or fused segments, males are winged and have a more typical appearance for wasps in Scelionidae. [3]

Species

These 95 species belong to the genus Baeus [4]

References

  1. ↑ Marshall, S. A. (May 2023). Hymenoptera: The Natural History & Diversity of Wasps, Bees & Ants. Firefly Books. ISBN   978-0-228-10371-4.
  2. ↑ Baeus Haliday, 1833 in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-02-20.
  3. ↑ Stevens, Nicholas B.; Austin, Andrew D. (June 7, 2007). "Systematics, distribution and biology of the Australian 'micro-flea' wasps, Baeus spp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): parasitoids of spider eggs". Zootaxa. 1499 (1).
  4. ↑ "Baeus Haliday, 1833". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 February 2024.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.