Chlorion

Chlorion
Chlorion lobatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Subfamily: Chloriontinae
Genus: Chlorion
Latreille, 1802[1]
Species

About 20 species, see text[2]

Chlorion is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Sphecidae. Species have been recorded from the Americas, Africa and tropical Asia through to Java;[2] they appear to prey mostly on Orthopteran insects.

  1. ^ Latreille PA (1802) Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. F. Dufart, Paris. Vol. 3: i–xii; 1–467.
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