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Lissopsius

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Lissopsius
Lissopsius pacificus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Doryctinae
Genus: Lissopsius
Marsh, 2002
Lissopsius flavus

Lissopsius is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least three described species in Lissopsius, found in Mexico and Central America.[1] They are generalist parasitoids of caterpillars.[2]

Species

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These three species belong to the genus Lissopsius:

References

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  1. ^ "Lissopsius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  2. ^ Zaldivar-Riveron, A.; Martínez, J.; Ceccarelli, F.; Shaw, S. (2012). "Five new species of the genera Heerz Marsh, Lissopsius Marsh and Ondigus Braet, Barbalho and van Achterberg (Braconidae, Doryctinae) from the Chamela-Cuixmala biosphere reserve in Jalisco, Mexico". ZooKeys (164): 1–23. doi:10.3897/zookeys.164.2201. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3272619. PMID 22328849.

Further reading

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  • Marsh, Paul M.; Shaw, Scott R.; Wharton, Robert A. (1987). "An identification manual for the North American genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington.