Ismarus (wasp)

Ismarus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Ismaridae. About 50 species are known in this small relictual group, all of which appear to be hyperparasitoids that parasitize Dryinidae (that attack leafhoppers).

Ismarus
Ismarus dorsiger illustration from British Entomology
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ismaridae
Genus:	Ismarus Haliday, 1835[1]
Species
~50 species

Ismarus was formerly included in the family Diapriidae, but differ from diapriid wasps by lacking a facial projection from which the antenna arise, and characterized by various degrees of fusion of the metasomal terga.^[2]

Taxonomy

Its parent family, Ismaridae, previously included two genera, Ismarus and Szelenyioprioides^[3], but the latter genus was synonymized with the diapriid genus Spilomicrus.^[4]

Gallery

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  Ismarus africanus
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  Ismarus nigrofasciatus
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  Ismarus notaulicus
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  Ismarus steineri