Nyssonini

Nyssonini
Nyssonini
Nysson spinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Bembicinae
Tribe: Nyssonini
Genera
  • Acanthostethus
  • Antomartinezius
  • Brachystegus
  • Cresson
  • Epinysson
  • Foxia
  • Hovanysson
  • Hyponysson
  • Idionysson
  • Losada
  • Metanysson
  • Neonysson
  • Nippononysson
  • Nursea
  • Nysson
  • Perisson
  • Zanysson

The Nyssonini are a group of cleptoparasitic bembicine wasps generally distinguished by the petiolate second submarginal cell of the forewing and rather strongly sculptured head and mesosoma (a common trait in cleptoparasitic wasps). Most species also bear sharp propodeal projections and spiny hind tibiae.