Liacos

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Liacos
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scoliidae
Genus: Liacos
Guérin-Méneville, 1838

Liacos is a genus of Scoliid wasp found throughout Africa, Asia, and Australia. [1]

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Description

As part of the Scoliinae subfamily, the forewings of Liacos wasps have only a single complete recurrent wing vein which enters the second cubital cell. [2] The forewings of Liacos wasps have one radial and between two and three cubital cells. [1]

Species [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bingham, C.T.; Blanford, W.T.; Marshall, Guy Anstruther Knox; Morley, Claude; Shipley, A.E. (1897). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis. p. 101. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. Ashmead, William H. (1868). "Classification of the Fossorial, Predaceous, and Parasitic Wasps, or the Superfamily Vespoidea". The Canadian entomologist. 35: 7–8. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  3. "Taxonomy of Genus Liacos". Insectoid.Net. Retrieved 2 November 2025.