Nixonia

Nixonia
	Nixonia mcgregori in lateral (top) and dorsal views
Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Insecta
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Hymenoptera
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Platygastroidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Nixoniidae; Chen et al. 2021
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Nixonia; Masner, 1976

Short description: Genus of wasps

Nixonia is a genus of wasps. It is the only member of the family Nixoniidae in the superfamily Platygastroidea. They are amongst the largest of the platygastroids at up to 9 mm in length. Members of the genus are known from Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The biology of only one species is known, which parasitizes orthopteran eggs.^[1]

Taxonomy

Nixonia atra Masner, 1970
Nixonia bini Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia corrugata Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia elongata Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia flavocincta Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia gigas Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia krombeini Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia lamorali Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia masneri van Noort & Johnson, 2009
Nixonia mcgregori van Noort & Johnson, 2009
Nixonia pecki Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia pretiosa Masner, 1958 .
Nixonia priesneri Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia sicaria Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia stygica Johnson & Masner, 2006
Nixonia watshami Johnson & Masner, 2006

References

↑ Chen, Huayan; Lahey, Zachary; Talamas, Elijah J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Popovici, Ovidiu A.; Musetti, Luciana; Klompen, Hans; Polaszek, Andrew et al. (October 2021). "An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification" (in en). Systematic Entomology 46 (4): 1088–1113. doi:10.1111/syen.12511. ISSN 0307-6970.

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[1] Chen, Huayan; Lahey, Zachary; Talamas, Elijah J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Popovici, Ovidiu A.; Musetti, Luciana; Klompen, Hans; Polaszek, Andrew et al. (October 2021). "An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification" (in en). Systematic Entomology 46 (4): 1088–1113. doi:10.1111/syen.12511. ISSN 0307-6970.

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Nixonia


Nixonia mcgregori in lateral (top) and dorsal views
Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Insecta
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Hymenoptera
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Platygastroidea
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Nixoniidae Chen et al. 2021
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Nixonia Masner, 1976