Nixonia

Short description: Genus of wasps

Nixonia

Nixonia mcgregori in lateral (top) and dorsal views
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Superfamily:  | Platygastroidea
Family:  | Nixoniidae
Chen et al. 2021
Genus:  | Nixonia
Masner, 1976

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

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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