Cryptoxilos is a genus of parasitoid wasp belonging to the family Braconidae.[1] The genus was described by American entomologist Henry Lorenz Viereck in 1911.

Cryptoxilos
Cryptoxilos thorpei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Tribe: Cryptoxilonini
Genus: Cryptoxilos
Viereck, 1911
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Taxonomy

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Viereck chose Cryptoxilos dichromorphus as the type species.[2]

Distribution

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The genus likely has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cryptoxilos Viereck, 1911". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ^ Viereck, H. L. (1911). "Descriptions of six new genera and thirty-one new species of ichneumon flies". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 40 (1812): 173–196. doi:10.5479/SI.00963801.1812.173. ISSN 0096-3801. Wikidata Q99963450.