Scolebythidae

Sclerogibbidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Chrysidoidea
Family:	Scolebythidae
Genera
†Boreobythus Clystopsenella †Eobythus †Libanobythus Pristapenia Scolebythus †Uliobythus Ycaploca †Zapenesia

The Scolebythidae are a small family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. These chrysidoid wasp have only been found from tropical habitats in Africa, Australia, and the New World.

Overview

Scolebythidae wasps are gregarious ectoparasitoids of wood-boring beetle larvae. Females dig tunnels through the frass of wood-boring beetles using their mandibles. After reaching the host chamber of the beetle larva, frass is pulled into the chamber before stinging the larva. The female wasp feeds on the hemolymph after biting the integument. This behaviour is probably necessary for the ovipositing of eggs .^[1]

References

↑ Engel MS, Grimaldi DA, Cretaceous Scolebythidae and Phylogeny of the Family (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), number 3568:1-16, 2007.

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Extant Hymenopteran families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota

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Xyeloidea	Xyelidae

Pamphilioidea	Megalodontesidae Pamphiliidae (web-spinning sawflies)

Tenthredinoidea	Argidae (argid sawflies) Blasticotomidae (fern sawflies) Cimbicidae (cimbicid sawflies) Diprionidae (conifer sawflies) Pergidae (pergid sawflies) Tenthredinidae (common sawflies)

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Cephoidea	Cephidae (stem sawflies)

Siricoidea	Anaxyelidae (cedar wood wasps) Siricidae (horntails)

Xiphydrioidea	Xiphydriidae (wood wasps)

Orussoidea	Orussidae (parasitic wood wasps)

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Stephanoidea

Stephanidae

Ichneumonoidea

Proctotrupomorpha

Platygastroidea	Platygastridae Scelionidae

Cynipoidea	Austrocynipidae Cynipidae (gall wasps) Figitidae Ibaliidae Liopteridae

Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)	Proctorenyxidae Roproniidae Heloridae Pelecinidae Peradeniidae Proctotrupidae Vanhorniidae

Diaprioidea	Austroniidae Diapriidae Maamingidae Monomachidae

Mymarommatoidea	Mymarommatidae

Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps)	Agaonidae (fig wasps) Aphelinidae Chalcididae Encyrtidae Eucharitidae Eulophidae Eupelmidae Eurytomidae Leucospidae Mymaridae (fairyflies) Ormyridae Perilampidae Pteromalidae Rotoitidae Signiphoridae Tanaostigmatidae Tetracampidae Torymidae Trichogrammatidae

Ceraphronoidea

Megalyroidea

Megalyridae

Trigonaloidea

Trigonalidae

Evanioidea

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Apoidea

Anthophila (bees)	Andrenidae (mason bees) Apidae (honey bees, bumblebees, cuckoo bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, stingless bees) Colletidae (plasterer bees) Halictidae (sweat bees) Megachilidae (mason bees, leafcutter bees) Melittidae Stenotritidae

Spheciformes (sphecoid wasps)	Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps) Crabronidae (sand wasps, bee wolves) Heterogynaidae Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps)

Chrysidoidea

Vespoidea

Italic are paraphyletic groups

Based on Malm and Nyman (2015)

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