Liris (wasp)

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Liris
Square-headed Wasp - Liris species, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Liris sp. in Woodbridge, Virginia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subtribe: Larrina
Genus: Liris
Fabricius, 1804
Subgenera
  • Liris (Leptolarra)
  • Liris (Motes)
Synonyms [1]
  • LirisisRafinesque, 1804
  • NotogoniaA. Costa, 1867
  • MotesKohl, 1897
  • CaenolarraCameron, 1900
  • LeptolarraCameron, 1900
  • SpanolarraCameron, 1900
  • NotogoniusHoward, 1901
  • ChrysolarraCameron, 1901
  • NotogonideaRohwer, 1911
  • DocilirisTsuneki, 1967
  • NiglirisTsuneki, 1967
  • CollolirisTsuneki, 1974
  • PitalirisTsuneki, 1982

Liris is a genus of solitary, ground-nesting, predaceous wasps, containing over 300 species. [1] [2] Two of its three subgenera, Leptolarra and Motes, are found in North America, with 23 species representing Leptolarra and a single species representing Motes. [2] Liris wasps typically prey on crickets, which they use to provision their nests. [3] : 3 

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References

  1. 1 2 "Liris Fabricius, 1804". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  2. 1 2 Krombein, Karl V.; Gingras, Sandra Shanks (1984). Revision of North American Liris Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea: Larridae) (PDF). Smithsonian Institution Press.
  3. ↑ Krombein, K. V.; Gingras, S. S. (1984). "Revision of North American Liris Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea: Larridae)" . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (404): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.404.


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