Pristepyris

Pristepyris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Bethylidae
Subfamily:	Pristocerinae
Genus:	Pristepyris Kieffer, 1905
Type species
Pristepyris rugicollis Kieffer, 1905
Synonyms [1]
AcrepyrisKieffer, 1905

Pristepyris is a genus of Pristocerine wasp in the family Bethylidae. It can be found in both the Old World and New World. Members of the genus are ectoparasites of click beetle larvae. ^[1]

Species

As of 2022, there are 38 species in this genus. ^{[1] [2]} A few of which are included here:

• Pristepyris ishigakiensis (Yasumatsu, 1955) ^{c g l}
• Pristepyris masii (Soika, 1933) ^c
• Pristepyris mieae (Terayama, 1995) ^{c g l}
• Pristepyris ryukyuensis (Terayama, 1999) ^{c g}
• Pristepyris seqalu Liao, Terayama & Eguchi, 2022 ^{c g l}
• Pristepyris tainanensis (Terayama, 1995) ^{c g l}
• Pristepyris zhejiangensis (Terayama et al., 2002) ^{c g l}

Data sources: c = Catalogue of Life, ^[3] g = GBIF, ^[4] b = Bugguide.net ^[5] l = Liao et al. 2022 ^[2]

References

1. Fadeev, Kirill I. (2021-04-29). "Review of the genera Pristocera Klug and Pristepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Pristocerinae) of Russia and adjacent territories" . Zootaxa. 4965 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4965.3.3. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   34186646.
2. Liao, Hauchuan; Terayama, Mamoru; Eguchi, Katsuyuki (2022-05-19). "Revision of Taiwanese and Ryukyuan species of Pristepyris Kieffer, 1905, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)". ZooKeys (1102): 1–42. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1102....1L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1102.84953 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   9848667 . PMID   36761152.
3. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "Pristocera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. "Pristocera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.