Agamerion

 Male Agamerion, from CSIRO Australia.

Belongs within: Lyciscidae.

Agamerion is an Australasian genus of wasps found on smooth eucalypt trunks; larvae have been raised from cockroach eggs placed under eucalypt bark. Members of the genus have deep, carinate, inverted V-shaped scrobes, a short pronotum and a non-protruding ovipositor (Bouček 1988).

Agamerion Haliday 1844 [incl. Euchrysia Westwood 1874]B88
|--*A. gelo (Walker 1839) [=Miscogaster gelo; incl. Euchrysia gemma Westwood 1874]B88
|--A. cleptideum (Westwood 1874) [=*Euchrysia cleptidea]B88
|--A. coeruleiventre Ashmead 1900 [=A. coeruleiventris]B88
|--A. eupelmoides Girault 1925B88
|--A. io Girault 1935B88
|--A. metallicum Girault 1915 [=A. metallica]B88
|--A. mirum Girault 1927B88
|--A. monodon Bouček 1988B88
|--A. nonstylatum (Girault 1922) [=Thaumasura nonstylata]B88
|--A. omnicyaneum (Girault 1932) [=Thaumasura omnicyanea]B88
|--A. prasinum (Westwood 1874) [=Euchrysia prasina]B88
|--A. semialbicorne Girault 1927 [=A. semialbicornis]B88
`--A. variflagellum Girault 1925B88

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B88] Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera): A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).

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