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A systematic treatise on the Chrysididae, a globally distributed family of wasps, also known as gold wasps (for their bright metallic colours) or cuckoo wasps (for their parasitic habits). Some 3,000 valid species have been named and are arranged in 84 genera and 4 sub-families. This book is the first re-evaluation of their taxonomy since 1889 and its four main goals are: to provide a worldwide overview of the family, with re-classification of the generic and higher taxa; to summarize previously published information; to indicate problems in need of further study; to give detailed synonymic species lists for each genus, where synonymy refers to scientific names used in different nomenclature systems to designate the same species. Discussions for each tribe and sub-family include ancestral characteristics, phylogenetically important characters and a corresponding cladogram, keys to genera, and relationships amongst taxa. Generic discussions include generic synonymy and diagnostic features, relationships to other genera, and detailed species lists. The book should be of interest to entomologists, taxonomists and systematists, especially in academic departments, natural history museums and zoos, as well as to insect collectors, ecologists, conservation biologists and zoologists.

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Author:   Lynn Kimsey ,  Richard _ Bohart
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.454kg
ISBN:  

9780198540106

ISBN 10:   0198540108
Pages:   664
Publication Date:   21 February 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Materials and methods; Biology; Biogeography; Morphology; GENERAL SYSTEMATICS: Phylogeny; Keys to subfamilies and tribes; SUBFAMILY CLEPTINAE: Key to genera of Cleptinae; SUBFAMILY AMISEGINAE: Key to genera of Amiseginae; SUBFAMILY LOBOSCELIDIINAE: Key to genera of Loboscelidiinae; SUBFAMILY CHRYSIDINAE: Tribe Elampini; Key to genera of Elampini; Tribe Allocoeliini; Key to genera of Allocoeliini; Tribe Chrysidini; Key to genera of Chrysidini; Tribe Parnopini; Key to genera of Parnopini; Bibliography; Index of chrysidid names; Index of chrysidid hosts.

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