Sclerogibbidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Superfamily: | Chrysidoidea |
Family: |
Sclerogibbidae Ashmead 1902 |
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The Sclerogibbidae are a small family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea.
Sclerogibbidae are ectoparasitoids of Embioptera. The female wasp oviposits an egg on the abdomen of a host. Once the larva emerges, it attaches itself to its host. After the host is consumed, the larva detaches itself from the carcass and spins a cocoon. While in all modern species, females are wingless (apterous), this is not true for fossil species. [1]
The currently recognised taxa within the family Sclerogibbidae are: [2]