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Evaniidae
Evaniidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Evaniidae
- A taxonomic family within the superfamily Evanioidea – the ensign wasps or hatchet wasps, solitary parasitic wasps whose larvae feed on cockroaches.
Synonyms
- (family): Cretevaniidae
Hypernyms
- (family): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Evanioidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Acanthinevania, Afrevania, Alobevania, Brachevania, Brachygaster, Decevania, Evania, Evaniella, Evaniscus, Hyptia, Micrevania, Papatuka, Parevania, Prosevania, Rothevania, Semaeomyia, Szepligetella, Thaumatevania, Trissevania, Vernevania, Zeuxevania (genera)
- †Cretevania, †Eoevania, †Eovernevania, †Grimaldivania, †Iberoevania, †Lebanevania, †Mesevania, †Newjersevania, †Protoparevania (extinct genera)