Hymenoptera10 species

Family Crown Wasps (Stephanidae)

Stephanidae is a family in the order Hymenoptera. Browse 10 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Stephanidae (10)

Bicolored Crown Wasp

Megischus bicolor

Identification: Reported to have two morphs, previously described as subspecies: "one with head and pronotum ferrugineous ( M. b. bicolor ) and another uniformly brown or blackish ( M. b. sickmanni )" ( Stephanid home page -Alexandre Pires Aguiar) vs

Megischus brunneus

Identification: Distinguished from M. bicolor in having an entirely black ovipositor, lacking a white band, and in having differently structured hind tibiae. A photograph is included in Genaro.