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Aphelininae

Aphelinine wasps of Africa and Madagascar 

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Aphelinidae)

Classification

 

Aphelinus Dalman,1820   

 

Aphytis Howard,1900   

 

Centrodora Förster,1878   

Marietta Motschulsky,1863   

 

Samariola Hayat,1983

Distribution Worldwide.
Biology Parasitoids or hyperparsitoids of insect eggs and larvae.

References

Gibson A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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