Lyciscidae is a family of .
Description and biology
Many species have metallic green, blue and bronze colours, and stout hind legs and fore legs. The females of most species have a tapered abdomen and a long ovipositor suited to accessing hosts concealed in wood; they are often encountered on trunks or branches of trees. Many are
Parasitoid wasp of wood-boring beetles of the families
Buprestidae (jewel beetles),
Longhorn beetle (longhorn beetles), and
Curculionidae (weevils). However, some
Agamerion species are parasitoids of
cockroach egg masses,
Epistenia species parasitize twig-nesting
Aculeata wasps and bees, and
Marxiana grandiosa is a
hyperparasite of
Braconidae (which are, in turn,
Parasitoid wasp of wood-boring beetles).
Subfamilies and genera
Source:
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Lyciscinae
Solenurinae
Gallery
Agamerion 1 96197467.jpg| Agamerion sp., Australia.
Epistenia 2-101845654.jpg| Epistenia coeruleata, USA.
Eupelmophotismus 4-109040441.jpg| Eupelmophotismus sp., Australia.
Thaumasura 7-36458636.jpg| Thaumasura sp., Australia.
Solenura ania (10.3897-BDJ.8.e54961) Figure 4.jpg| Solenura ania, China.
