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HYMENOPTERA, Bradynobaenidae (Vespoidea). -- <Images> & <Juveniles> Description
There were about 157 species in this family known as of
2000. Most of them occur in tropical
areas. However, the family is absent
from Australasia, Adults are often hairy and black, brown, reddish, or
bicolored and sometimes marked with bands.
The integument is often thick and hard, and the females give a nasty sting. Sex associations are very difficult
(Brothers & Finnamore 1993). All
species are probably solitary. Some
information indicates that the larvae are ectoparasitic on Solifugae
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