Heterogyna

Taxobox
name = "Heterogyna"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Apoidea
familia = Heterogynaidae
genus = "Heterogyna"
genus_authority = Nagy, 1969
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Heterogyna botswana"
*"Heterogyna fantsilotra"
*"Heterogyna kugleri"
*"Heterogyna madecassa"
*"Heterogyna polita"
*"Heterogyna protea"
*"Heterogyna ravenala"

Heterogynaidae is a small family (only 7 described species in a single genus, "Heterogyna") of small spheciform apoid wasps occurring in Madagascar, Botswana, and the eastern Mediterranean area. Heterogynaid females are typically brachypterous, and their biology is completely unknown. They are generally considered the sister taxon to the remainder of the Apoidea.

References

Goulet, H., Huber, J.T. (1993) Hymenoptera of the World. Agriculture Canada Research Branch, publication 1894/E. 668pp.