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Megalyra

Scott Richard Shaw
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Megalyra troglodytes
taxon links [up-->]Megalyra troglodytes [up-->]Megalyra fasciipennis [up-->]Megalyra shuckardi [up-->]Megalyra rufipes [up-->]Megalyra wagneri [down<--]Megalyridae Interpreting the tree
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Phylogeny after Shaw (1990a).
Containing group: Megalyroidea

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Distribution map of Megalyra species

Distribution of four Megalyra species (adapted from Shaw, 1990); symbols represent known collection localities. White circles: M. fasciipennis; red squares: M. wagneri; yellow diamonds: M. rufipes; green triangles: M. shuckardi. Satellite image courtesy of NASA / JPL.

References

Shaw, S. R. 1990a. A taxonomic revision of the long-tailed wasps of the genus Megalyra Westwood (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3:1000-1052.

Shaw, S. R. 1990b. Phylogeny and biogeography of the parasitoid wasp family Megalyridae (Hymenoptera). Journal of Biogeography 17:569-581.

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Scientific Name Megalyra fasciipennis
Location Australia
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Size 11-20 mm
Copyright © 2005 Scott Richard Shaw
Megalyra troglodytes
Scientific Name Megalyra troglodytes
Location Australia
Comments Female on the mud nest of its sphecid host
Creator Ian Naumann
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Female
Size 4 mm (body), 8 mm (ovipositor)
Copyright © 1987 CSIRO Canberra
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Scott Richard Shaw
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

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Shaw, Scott Richard. 2005. Megalyra. Version 18 February 2005 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Megalyra/28842/2005.02.18 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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