| Cresson | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Bembicidae |
| Subfamily: | Nyssoninae |
| Tribe: | Nyssonini |
| Subtribe: | Nyssonina |
| Genus: | Cresson Pate, 1938 |
Cresson is a South American genus of kleptoparasitic wasps in the family Bembicidae. [1]
Syringogaster is a genus of small ant-mimicking flies with a petiolate abdomen, a long prothorax, a swollen and spiny hind femur, and reduced head size and large eyes. There are 20 described extant species and two species known from Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. It is the only genus in the family Syringogastridae.
Ochthera is a genus of flies in the family of shore flies (Ephydridae). The genus is distinctive because of the swollen raptorial forelegs. The larvae are predaceous on midge larvae while the adults feed on midges and mosquitoes. The genus is found around the world with about 37 species. The species Ochthera chalybescens has been shown to prey on African malaria vectors.
Acantholyda is a genus of sawflies.
Euxesta minor is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Ulidiidae. It was described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1906.
Euxesta bicolor is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Euxesta of the family Tephritidae. It was described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1906.
Megachile texana, the Texas leafcutter bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was first described by the American entomologist Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1878. It is native to the United States and southern Canada.
Diadasia is a genus of bees in the family Apidae. Its species are oligolectic, specialized on a relatively small number of plant species.
Epeolus is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. They are often known as variegated cuckoo-bees. The species is uncommon to rare, and has strong patterns of black and white on the thorax and abdomen. These patterns are made of tiny fat hairs lying flush with the integument or "skin" of the bee. It is easily mistaken for Triepeolus, but is almost always smaller.
Nostima is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Epinysson is a genus of kleptoparasitic wasps in the family Bembicidae. There are more than 20 described species in Epinysson.
Svastra is a genus of long-horned bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 20 described species in Svastra.
Ephydrinae is a subfamily of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Ilytheinae is a subfamily of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Brachymelecta is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae, formerly known by the name Xeromelecta.
Paralimna is a genus of shore flies.
Sciomyzinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Sciomyzidae.
Pipunculus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Entypus fulvicornis is a species of spider wasp belonging to the family Pompilidae. It is found in North America.
Lamproclasiopa is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae.
Helaeomyia is a genus of shore flies.
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