Spilomena

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Spilomena
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Spilomena troglodytes depicted in Edward Saunders Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands (figure 1)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subtribe: Spilomenina
Genus: Spilomena
Shuckard, 1838]]
Synonyms [1]
  • Microglossa Rayment, 1930
  • Microglossella Rayment, 1935
  • Taialia Tsuneki, 1971

Spilomena is a genus of aphid wasps in the family Crabronidae. The 86 species are found worldwide being represented in the Palearctic (highest number of species), Nearctic, Afrotropic, Neotropic, Australasia and Indo-Malaya ecozones. [2]

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Species

These 88 species belong to the genus Spilomena:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [3] g = GBIF, [4] b = Bugguide.net [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Spilomena Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity pdf
  3. "Browse Spilomena". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Spilomena". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. "Spilomena Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.