Liostenogaster is a genus of hover wasps from the subfamily Stenogastrinae of the family Vespidae which has a distribution centred on south-east Asia. It was named by the Dutch entomologist Jacobus van der Vecht from material collected by Japanese scientists on an expedition to Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia which took place in 1966.[1]
| Liostenogaster | |
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| Liostenogaster flavolineata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenogastrinae |
| Genus: | Liostenogaster Vecht, 1969 |
Species
editThe following species are currently assigned to Liostenogaster:[2]
- Liostenogaster abstrusa Turillazzi 1999
- Liostenogaster campanulae Turillazzi 1999
- Liostenogaster filicis Turillazzi 1999
- Liostenogaster flaviplagiata (Cameron, 1902)
- Liostenogaster flavolineata (Cameron, 1902)
- Liostenogaster nitidipennis (de Saussure, 1853)
- Liostenogaster pardii Turillazzi & Carfi 1996
- Liostenogaster picta (Smith, 1860)
- Liostenogaster topographica Turillazzi 1999
- Liostenogaster tutua Turillazzi 1999
- Liostenogaster variapicta (Rohwer, 1919)
- Liostenogaster vechti Turillazzi 1999
References
edit- ^ Stefano Turillazzi (2013). The Biology of Hover Wasps. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 6. ISBN 978-3642326806.
- ^ "Liostenogaster". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 April 2017.