Liacos

Liacos
Liacos erythrosoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scoliidae
Tribe: Scoliini
Genus: Liacos
Guérin-Méneville, 1838

Liacos is a genus of Scoliid wasp found throughout Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Description

As part of the tribe Scoliini, the forewings of Liacos wasps have only a single complete recurrent wing vein, though a partial second recurrent vein coalesces with it before reaching the cubital vein. Unlike other Scoliini, the forewing has a third discoidal cell.

Species

There are 10 species of Liacos:

References

  1. 1 2 Bingham, C.T.; Blanford, W.T.; Marshall, Guy Anstruther Knox; Morley, Claude; Shipley, A.E. (1897). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis. p. 101. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Ashmead, William H. (1868). "Classification of the Fossorial, Predaceous, and Parasitic Wasps, or the Superfamily Vespoidea". The Canadian Entomologist. 35: 7–8. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 Gupta, S.K.; Jonathan, J.K. (2003). Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries, Hymenoptera: Scoliidae. Kolkata, India: Zoological Survey of India. pp. 151–152. ISBN 81-8171-009-6.
  4. ↑ Osten, T. (2005). "Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur" [Checklist of the Scoliidae of the World. Part 1: Proscoliinae and Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Part 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Part 3: Literature] (PDF). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg (in German). 62 (220–221): 1–62. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. ↑ Krombein, Karl V. (1978). Biosystematic Studies of Ceylonese Wasps, II: A Monograph of the Scoliidae (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea). City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 1–55.
  6. ↑ Kawano, Taisuke; Matsumoto, Neo; Yamane, Seiki (2021). "Rediscovery of Liacos melanogaster Tsuneki, a scoliid wasp endemic to Kagoshima, Japan" (PDF). Nature of Kagoshima (in Japanese). 47: 399–401. Retrieved 2026-05-16.