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Ceraphronidae

Ceraphronid wasps of Africa and Madagascar 

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Ceraphronoidea)

Classification

 

Aphanogmus Thomson, 1858

  Ceraphron Jurine, 1807
  Cyoceraphron Dessart, 1975
  Gnathoceraphron Dessart & Bin, 1981
  Retasus Dessart, 1984

 

Synarsis Förster, 1878

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Distribution Worldwide
Biology Parasitoids of insects in semi-concealed situations (Diptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera and Thysanoptera) or hyperparasitoids of Hymenoptera prepupa. 

Diversity

Worldwide: 315 species in 14 genera.

Afrotropical region: 49 species in 6 genera.

References

Johnson, N.F. & Musetti, L. 2004. Catalog of systematic literature of the superfamily Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33: 1-149.

Credits

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