Species
Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887
Note: the information on the biology (Gauld 1995) likely refers to O. banksii not O. testaceum
Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887:413, ♀. ♀, Panama, Bugaba (leg. Champion); Townes, 1977 Townes, H.K. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15 (1):1-34.:7, Type ♂ (London); Roig Alsina & Martínez, 2010 Roig-Alsina, A. & J. J. Martínez 2010. El género Olixon en la Argentina, con la descripción de una nueva especie (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, n.s. 12 (2):263-266.:266, Type ♀ (The Natural History Museum, Londres); Lohrmann et al., 2012 Lohrmann, V., M. Fox, M. Solis & L. Krogmann 2012. Systematic revision of the New World Olixon Cameron with descriptions of O. melinsula sp. n. and the hitherto unknown female of O. bicolor (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae). Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 59 (2):259-275.:269, Holotype ♀, examined (Natural History Museum, London, England). - Cameron, 1883-1888 Cameron, P. 1883-1888. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Families Tenthredinidae-Chrysididae). Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 487 pp., 20 pl.:413 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1898 Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323. (distribution); Dover, 1922 Dover, C. 1922. Resumé of recent progress in our knowledge of the indian wasps and bees. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (n. s.) 18:17-23. (distribution); Reid, 1939 Reid, J.A. 1939. On the relationship of the hymenopterous genus Olixon and its allies, to the Pompilidae (Hym.). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 8:95-102.:96 (description); Reid, 1941 Reid, J.A. 1941. The thorax of the wingless and short-winged Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 91 (8):367-446. (discussion of phylogenetic affinities); Brothers, 1975 Brothers, D.J. 1975. Phylogeny and classification of the aculeate Hymenoptera, with special reference to Mutillidae. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 50 (11):483-648. (phylogeny); Townes, 1977 Townes, H.K. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15 (1):1-34. (distribution), 4 (hosts [crickets of the genus Cycloptilum]), 7 (description); Gauld, 1995 Gauld, I.D. 1995. Rhopalosomatidae. In: Hanson, P.E. & I.D. Gauld (Ed.). The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 548-552. (distribution), 549 (hosts [Hapathis and Nemobius species]); Guidotti, 1999 Guidotti, A.E. 1999. Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Dissertation , . Canada. (distribution, figures, phylogeny); Braet et al., 2000 Braet, Y., J.A. Cerda & J. Fretey 2000. Note sur quelques insectes récoltés au piège Malaise en Guyane française. Notes faunique de Gembloux 38:3-20. (distribution); Coronado Blanco & Ruíz Cancino, 2002 Coronado Blanco, J.M. & E. Ruíz Cancino 2002. Registro de Rhopalosoma simile Brues (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) para el estado de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 86:243-244. (distribution); Fernández & Sarmiento-M., 2002 Fernández, F. & C E. Sarmiento-M. 2002. A new species of Olixon Cameron and two new records of Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera) from Colombia. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 110 (3):365-369. (distribution); Sarmiento, 2006 Sarmiento, C.E. 2006. Familia Rhopalosomatidae. In: Fernández, F. & M.J. Sharkey (Ed.). Introducción a los Hymenoptera de la Región Neotropical. 517-519. (distribution); Gauld, 2006 Gauld, I.D. 2006. Familia Rhopalosomatidae. In: Hanson, P.E. & I.D. Gauld (Ed.). Hymenoptera de la Región Neotropical. 607-609. (distribution), 608 (hosts [Cycloptilum]); Roig Alsina & Martínez, 2010 Roig-Alsina, A. & J. J. Martínez 2010. El género Olixon en la Argentina, con la descripción de una nueva especie (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, n.s. 12 (2):263-266. (distribution); Lohrmann et al., 2012 Lohrmann, V., M. Fox, M. Solis & L. Krogmann 2012. Systematic revision of the New World Olixon Cameron with descriptions of O. melinsula sp. n. and the hitherto unknown female of O. bicolor (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae). Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 59 (2):259-275. (photos incl. type specimen, key, diagnosis, biology, distribution); Lohrmann & Engel, 2017 Lohrmann, V. & M.S. Engel 2017. The wasp larva’s last supper: 100 million years of evolutionary stasis in the larval development of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). Fossil Record 20:239-244.:240 (listed).
Saphobethylus pallidus Kieffer, 1911 Evans, 1964 Evans, H.E. 1964. A synopsis of the american Bethylidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132 (1):1-222.:16, Type, examined (BMNH); Townes, 1977 Townes, H.K. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15 (1):1-34.:7, Type ♂ (London); Lohrmann et al., 2012 Lohrmann, V., M. Fox, M. Solis & L. Krogmann 2012. Systematic revision of the New World Olixon Cameron with descriptions of O. melinsula sp. n. and the hitherto unknown female of O. bicolor (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae). Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 59 (2):259-275.:270, Holotype ♂, examined (Natural History Museum, London, England). - Kieffer, 1914 Kieffer, J.J. 1914. Bethylidae. R. Friedländer und Sohn, Berlin. 1-595. (distribution), 288 (description male); Turner & Waterston, 1917 Turner, R.E. & J. Waterston 1917. Notes on the hymenopterous families Bethylidae and Rhopalosomidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 20:101-108.:107 ( listed as synonym of Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887); Pate, 1946 Pate, V.S.L. 1946. The generic names of the spider wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompiloidae) and their type species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72:65-137.:106 ( listed as synonym of Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887); Krombein, 1951 Krombein, K.V. 1951. Superfamily Sphecoidea. In: Muesebeck, K.V. Krombein, and H.K. Townes (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico (Synoptic Catalog). 937-1034.:774 ( listed as synonym of Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887); Lohrmann et al., 2012 Lohrmann, V., M. Fox, M. Solis & L. Krogmann 2012. Systematic revision of the New World Olixon Cameron with descriptions of O. melinsula sp. n. and the hitherto unknown female of O. bicolor (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae). Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 59 (2):259-275. (photo of type), 270 ( listed as synonym of Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887). - As Olixon pallidum: - Townes, 1977 Townes, H.K. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15 (1):1-34.:7 ( listed as synonym of Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887). - As Saphobethyllus pallidus: - Townes, 1977 Townes, H.K. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15 (1):1-34.:7 ( listed as synonym of Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887). - As Saphobethyllus pallidus: - Townes, 1977 Townes, H.K. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15 (1):1-34.:7 ( listed as synonym of Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887).
Area distribution map
Literature
- Braet, Y., J.A. Cerda & J. Fretey 2000. Note sur quelques insectes récoltés au piège Malaise en Guyane française. Notes faunique de Gembloux 38:3-20.
- Brothers, D.J. 1975. Phylogeny and classification of the aculeate Hymenoptera, with special reference to Mutillidae. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 50 (11):483-648.
- Cameron, P. 1883-1888. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Families Tenthredinidae-Chrysididae). Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 487 pp., 20 pl.
- Coronado Blanco, J.M. & E. Ruíz Cancino 2002. Registro de Rhopalosoma simile Brues (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) para el estado de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 86:243-244.
- Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323.
- Dover, C. 1922. Resumé of recent progress in our knowledge of the indian wasps and bees. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (n. s.) 18:17-23.
- Evans, H.E. 1964. A synopsis of the american Bethylidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132 (1):1-222.
- Fernández, F. & C E. Sarmiento-M. 2002. A new species of Olixon Cameron and two new records of Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera) from Colombia. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 110 (3):365-369.
- Gauld, I.D. 1995. Rhopalosomatidae. In: Hanson, P.E. & I.D. Gauld (Ed.). The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 548-552.
- Gauld, I.D. 2006. Familia Rhopalosomatidae. In: Hanson, P.E. & I.D. Gauld (Ed.). Hymenoptera de la Región Neotropical. 607-609.
- Guidotti, A.E. 1999. Systematics of little known parasitic wasps of the family Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Dissertation , . Canada.
- Kieffer, J.J. 1911. Nouveaux Bethylides et Dryinides exotique du British Museum de Londres. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 35:1-34.
- Kieffer, J.J. 1914. Bethylidae. R. Friedländer und Sohn, Berlin. 1-595.
- Krombein, K.V. 1951. Superfamily Sphecoidea. In: Muesebeck, K.V. Krombein, and H.K. Townes (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico (Synoptic Catalog). 937-1034.
- Lohrmann, V. & M.S. Engel 2017. The wasp larva’s last supper: 100 million years of evolutionary stasis in the larval development of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). Fossil Record 20:239-244.
- Lohrmann, V., M. Fox, M. Solis & L. Krogmann 2012. Systematic revision of the New World Olixon Cameron with descriptions of O. melinsula sp. n. and the hitherto unknown female of O. bicolor (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae). Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 59 (2):259-275.
- Pate, V.S.L. 1946. The generic names of the spider wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompiloidae) and their type species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72:65-137.
- Reid, J.A. 1939. On the relationship of the hymenopterous genus Olixon and its allies, to the Pompilidae (Hym.). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 8:95-102.
- Reid, J.A. 1941. The thorax of the wingless and short-winged Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 91 (8):367-446.
- Roig-Alsina, A. & J. J. Martínez 2010. El género Olixon en la Argentina, con la descripción de una nueva especie (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, n.s. 12 (2):263-266.
- Sarmiento, C.E. 2006. Familia Rhopalosomatidae. In: Fernández, F. & M.J. Sharkey (Ed.). Introducción a los Hymenoptera de la Región Neotropical. 517-519.
- Townes, H.K. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 15 (1):1-34.
- Turner, R.E. & J. Waterston 1917. Notes on the hymenopterous families Bethylidae and Rhopalosomidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 20:101-108.