Nixonia
(Redirected fromNixoniidae)
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| Nixonia mcgregoriin lateral (top) and dorsal views | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Platygastroidea |
| Family: | Nixoniidae Chen et al. 2021 |
| Genus: | Nixonia Masner,1976 |
Nixoniais a genus of wasps. It is the only member of the familyNixoniidaein the superfamilyPlatygastroidea.They are amongst the largest of the platygastroids at up to 9 mm in length. Members of the genus are known fromAfrica,theIndian subcontinentandSoutheast Asia.The biology of only one species is known, which parasitizesorthopteraneggs.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]- Nixonia atraMasner, 1970
- Nixonia biniJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia corrugataJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia elongataJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia flavocinctaJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia gigasJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia krombeiniJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia lamoraliJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia masnerivan Noort & Johnson, 2009
- Nixonia mcgregorivan Noort & Johnson, 2009
- Nixonia peckiJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia pretiosaMasner, 1958.
- Nixonia priesneriJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia sicariaJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia stygicaJohnson & Masner, 2006
- Nixonia watshamiJohnson & Masner, 2006
References
[edit]- ^Chen, Huayan; Lahey, Zachary; Talamas, Elijah J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Popovici, Ovidiu A.; Musetti, Luciana; Klompen, Hans; Polaszek, Andrew; Masner, Lubomír; Austin, Andrew D.; Johnson, Norman F. (October 2021)."An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification".Systematic Entomology.46(4): 1088–1113.doi:10.1111/syen.12511.ISSN0307-6970.S2CID237486714.