Rhopalosoma

Rhopalosoma is a genus of wasps in family Rhopalosomatidae.^[1] Members of this family are parasitic of crickets.^[3]

Rhopalosoma
Rhopalosoma sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Rhopalosomatidae
Genus:	Rhopalosoma Cresson, 1865[1]
Type species
Rhopalosoma poeyii Cresson, 1865[2]
Species
see text.

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

• Rhopalosoma alvarengai Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma angulare Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma bahianum Schulz, 1906
• Rhopalosoma bolivianum Brues, 1943
• Rhopalosoma breelandi Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma guianense Schulz, 1906
• Rhopalosoma haitiense Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma hispaniola Lohrmann, 2019
• Rhopalosoma impar Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma isopus Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma lanceolatum Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma minus Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma missionicum Ogloblin, 1951
• Rhopalosoma nearcticum Brues, 1943
• Rhopalosoma obliquum Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma poeyi Cresson, 1865
• Rhopalosoma scaposum Townes, 1977
• Rhopalosoma simile Brues, 1943

References

1. Lohrmann, V. & A.S. Kroupa (2019). "Genus Rhopalosoma". The Rhopalosomatidae of the world. Version 1. Published on the Internet; rhopalosomatidae.hymis.net. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
2. Charles T. Brues (1943). "The American Species of Rhopalosoma". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 36 (2): 310–318. doi:10.1093/aesa/36.2.310.
3. "Rhopalosomatidae of Mississippi". Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2015-05-15.