Kleptoparasite-parasitoid
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Perilampus hyalinus
A Nearctic parasitoid wasp in the family Perilampidae, part of a species complex historically confused under this name for over 100 years. Recent integrative taxonomic revision (2024) clarified its status through neotype designation with COI sequence, establishing it as either a hyperparasitoid of dipteran parasitoids of Orthoptera or a parasitoid of dipteran kleptoparasites of Crabronidae and Sphecidae that provision nests with Orthoptera. Distinguished from eight newly described congeneric species through morphology, COI, ITS2, and host data.