Rhopalosoma

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Rhopalosoma
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Rhopalosoma sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Rhopalosomatidae
Genus: Rhopalosoma
Cresson, 1865 [1]
Type species
Rhopalosoma poeyii
Cresson, 1865 [2]
Species

see text.

Rhopalosoma is a genus of wasps in family Rhopalosomatidae. [1] Members of this family are parasitic of crickets. [3]

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lohrmann, V. & A.S. Kroupa (2019). "Genus Rhopalosoma". The Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet; rhopalosomatidae.hymis.net. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. Charles T. Brues (1943). "The American Species of Rhopalosoma". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 36 (2): 310–318. doi:10.1093/aesa/36.2.310.
  3. "Rhopalosomatidae of Mississippi". Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2015-05-15.