A Myzinum species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/26/2016).
A Myzinum species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/27/2016).
A male Myzinum species in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/14/2020). Determined by Ken Wolgemuth and Eric P. Shultz/BugGuide.
Myzinum species in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/19/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Myzinum species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/8/2014).
A female Myzinum species in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/4/2015). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide.
Myzinum species in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/25/2018). (c) botanygirl, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Myzinum species in Wicomico Co., Maryland (7/29/2021). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Myzinum species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/26/2016). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Myzinum species in Calvert Co., Maryland (8/2/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Myzinum species in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/16/2017). (c) Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Myzinum species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2018). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
A female Myzinum species in Washington Co., Maryland (7/30/2017). Determined by Bob Biagi/BugGuide.
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| Myzinum | |
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| Myzinum obscurum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Thynnidae |
| Subfamily: | Myzininae |
| Genus: | Myzinum Latreille, 1803 |
Myzinum is a genus of wasps in the family Thynnidae.[1] There are 63 species presently recognized in Myzinum. They measure 7–24 mm.[2] They parasitize white grubs (scarab larvae), including Phyllophaga.[3] They are used as biological controls.[4][5]
Distribution
[edit]Myzinum are found in New World and are most diverse in the Neotropics.[citation needed]
North American species list
[edit]The following 10 species occur in North America:[2]
- Myzinum carolinianum (Panzer, 1806)
- Myzinum cocoritense Kimsey, 2009
- Myzinum confluens (Cresson, 1865)
- Myzinum dubiosum (Cresson, 1872)
- Myzinum frontale (Cresson, 1875)
- Myzinum fulviceps (Cameron, 1900)
- Myzinum maculatum (Fabricius, 1793)
- Myzinum navajo (Krombein 1938)
- Myzinum obscurum (Fabricius, 1805)
- Myzinum quinquecinctum (Fabricius, 1775) (five-banded thynnid wasp)
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Male Myzinum quinquecinctum
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References
[edit]- ^ Pilgrim, E.; von Dohlen, C.; Pitts, J. (2008). "Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (5): 539–560. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00340.x. S2CID 85905070.
- ^ a b Kimsey, Lynn (2009). "Taxonomic purgatory: Sorting out the wasp genus Myzinum Latreille in North America (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae)". Zootaxa (2224): 30–50. doi:10.5281/zenodo.190193.
- ^ Krombein, Karl Vorse (1979). "Vespoidea". In Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd, Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 1513. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5074. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ Davis, John J. (1919). "Contributions to a knowledge of the natural enemies of Phyllophaga". Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey. 13 (1–16): 53–138. doi:10.21900/j.inhs.v13.329.
- ^ Rogers, Michael E.; Potter, Daniel A. (2004). "Biology and conservation of Tiphia wasps, parasitoids of turf-infesting white grubs". Acta Horticulturae (661): 505–510. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.661.67.
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