Ceraphron
Jurine, 1807
Ceraphron is a of small in the Ceraphronidae, superfamily Ceraphronoidea. These wasps are among the least known members of the Hymenoptera, with very little published information on their , , or associations. The genus serves as the type genus for both its family and superfamily. Ceraphron are morphologically diverse and have proven difficult to characterize using standard methods due to their unusual molecular properties.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Ceraphron: /sɛˈræfrɒn/
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Distribution
Records from GBIF indicate presence in Denmark (DK), Norway (NO), and Sweden (SE). The broader distribution of the remains poorly documented due to limited sampling and taxonomic study.
Similar Taxa
- DendrocerusBoth belong to superfamily Ceraphronoidea; Ceraphron is in Ceraphronidae while Dendrocerus is in Megaspilidae. Dendrocerus are better studied and known to parasitize Neuroptera, Diptera, or act as hyperparasitoids of aphids, whereas Ceraphron remains largely unknown.
- ConostigmusBoth are ceraphronoid ; Conostigmus is in Megaspilidae. Conostigmus have been more frequently collected and described from diverse geographic regions including China, while Ceraphron remains poorly sampled.
- PteroceraphronBoth are in Ceraphronidae. Pteroceraphron exhibits distinctive in wing (females with fore wings, males with non-lanceolate wings) and has been documented from Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oriental regions with described males and barcodes available—features not yet established for Ceraphron.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Researchers Find New Wasp Species with Unique Folding Fore Wings
- Update on the enigmatic Pteroceraphron mirabilipennis Dessart, 1981 (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronidae): description of male and first record from the Neotropics, including first DNA barcodes.
- Five new species and three new country records of Megaspilidae from Xizang Autonomous Region, China (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea).
- Dendroceruslui (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Megaspilidae): a new species of Dendroceruscarpenteri species-group from China.
- Mission possible: an optimised protocol for the unbarcodable Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera).