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Nixonia
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Nixonia

Nixonia is a genus of wasps. It is the only member of the family Nixoniidae in the superfamily Platygastroidea. They are amongst the largest of the platygastroids at up to 9 mm in length. Members of the genus are known from Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The biology of only one species is known, which parasitizes orthopteran eggs.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Nixonia krombeini

speciesNixonia krombeini

Nixonia corrugata

speciesNixonia corrugata

Nixonia elongata

speciesNixonia elongata

Nixonia gigas

speciesNixonia gigas

Nixonia lamorali

speciesNixonia lamorali

Nixonia masneri

speciesNixonia masneri

Nixonia mcgregori

speciesNixonia mcgregori

Nixonia pecki

speciesNixonia pecki

Nixonia stygica

speciesNixonia stygica

Nixonia watshami

speciesNixonia watshami

Nixonia sicaria

speciesNixonia sicaria

Nixonia pretiosa

speciesNixonia pretiosa

Nixonia flavocincta

speciesNixonia flavocincta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 643509.