BETHYLIDAE Haliday, 1833
(bethylid wasps)

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BETHYLINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
EPYRINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Laelius
a genus of bethylid wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBETHYLIDAE (bethylid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHRYSIDOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Berland, L. 1928 *** Hyménoptères Vespiformes II (Eumenidae, Vespidae, Masaridae, Bethylidae, Dryinidae, Embolemidae) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 19, 208pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Hedquist, K.-J. 1975 Notes on Embolemidae and Bethylidae in Sweden with Description of a New Genus and Species (Hym., Bethyloidea) Ent. Tidskr. Vol 96: 121-132.
Perkins, J.F. 1976 Hymenoptera, Bethyloidea (excluding Chrysididae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VI, Part 3 (a), 38pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

BETHYLIDAE (bethylid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BETHYLIDAE (bethylid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BETHYLIDAE (bethylid wasps)
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