Myzinum

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]

Myzinum
Myzinum obscurum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Thynnidae
Subfamily:	Myzininae
Genus:	Myzinum Latreille, 1803

Distribution

Myzinum are found in New World and are most diverse in the Neotropics.^{[citation needed]}

North American species list

The following 10 species occur in North America:^[2]

• Myzinum carolinianum (Panzer, 1806)
• Myzinum cocoritensis Kimsey, 2009
• Myzinum confluens (Cresson, 1865)
• Myzinum dubiosum (Cresson, 1872)
• Myzinum frontalis (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)

Gallery

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  Female M. carolinianum
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  Female M. dubiosum
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  Male M. dubiosum
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  Female M. frontalis
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  Female M. maculatum
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  Female M. obscurum
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  Female Myzinum quinquecinctum
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  Male Myzinum quinquecinctum

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

External links

• Media related to Myzinum at Wikimedia Commons