Brachymeria Westwood

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

Brachymeria Westwood, 1829. Type species: Vespa minuta Linnaeus 1766, by subsequent designation (Westwood, J.O., 1829).

Brachymeria acarinatus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria africa Masi,1929 (Somalia)

Brachymeria alberti (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria albicrus (Klug,1834) (Ethiopia, India, Israel, Nepal, Papua New Guinea)

Brachymeria albipes (Kieffer,1905) (Madagascar)

Brachymeria albisquama Kriechbaumer,1894 (Cameroon)

Brachymeria bauhiniae (Steffan,1951) (Senegal)

Brachymeria bayoni Masi,1929 (Kenya)

Brachymeria boranensis Masi,1939 (Ethiopia, South Africa)

Brachymeria bottegi Masi,1929 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe)

Brachymeria brunneipennis (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria butae (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria citrea Steffan,1954 (Burkina Faso, Senegal)

Brachymeria clavigera Steffan,1955 (Burundi)

Brachymeria cowani (Kirby,1883) (Madagascar)

Brachymeria debauchei (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria dunbrodyensis (Cameron,1907) (Kenya, South Africa)

Brachymeria erythraea Masi,1936 (Eritrea)

Brachymeria eublemmae (Steffan,1951) (Nigeria, Senegal)

Brachymeria excarinata Gahan,1925 (Cameroon, China, Egypt, India, Japan, Palau, Papua new Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam)

Brachymeria femorata Masi,1929 (South Africa, Zimbabwe. Also Palearctic, Oriental and Indonesian regions)

Brachymeria feae Masi,1929 (Angola, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa)

Brachymeria globata Steffan,1954 (Cameroon, Senegal)

Brachymeria inornata Masi,1940 (Somalia)

Brachymeria kassalensis (Kirby,1886) (Ethiopia, India, Israel, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan)

Brachymeria kivuensis (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria)

Brachymeria leighi (Cameron,1907) (Eritrea, Somalia, South Africa)

Brachymeria lingulata Steffan,1955 (Burundi)

Brachymeria lissostoma (Cameron,1911) (South Africa)

Brachymeria madagascariensis (Kieffer,1905) (Madagascar)

Brachymeria magrettii Masi,1929 (Madagascar)

Brachymeria marmonti (Girault,1924) (Australia, Democratic Republic of Congo, India)

Brachymeria megensis Masi,1943 (Somalia)

Brachymeria microgaster (Schmitz,1946) (Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, U.S.A.)

Brachymeria mochii Masi,1936 (Australia, Eritrea)

Brachymeria multicolor (Kieffer,1905) (Madagascar)

Brachymeria nursei (Cameron,1907) (India, South Africa)

Brachymeria olethria (Waterston,1914) (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda)

Brachymeria paolii Masi,1929 (Somalia, South Africa)

Brachymeria pilosella Steffan,1954 (Senegal)

Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius,1787) (worldwide)

Brachymeria porrecta Steffan,1954 (Senegal)

Brachymeria pseudamenocles Masi,1943 (Somalia)

Brachymeria reflexa Steffan,1954 (Senegal)

Brachymeria risbeci Steffan,1954 (Senegal)

Brachymeria rufa Steffan,1954 (Senegal)

Brachymeria rufiventris (Kieffer,1905) (Madagascar)

Brachymeria securiclavus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria sesamiae Gahan,1928 (Sudan)

Brachymeria setosiella Steffan,1954 (Senegal)

Brachymeria somalica Masi,1929 (Somalia)

Brachymeria straeleni (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria tenuicornis (Kieffer,1905) (Madagascar)

Brachymeria tibialis Steffan,1958 (Madagascar)

Brachymeria truncata (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria varipes (Walker,1871) (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

Brachymeria vulcani (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Brachymeria wanei Risbec,1957 (Senegal)

Brachymeria xanthopus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Distribution	Worldwide.
Biology	Brachymeria species are mostly primary parasitoids of butterfly and moth pupa (Lepidoptera), but a few attack muscoid Diptera or are secondary parasitoids of tachinid and sarcophagid Diptera parasitizing Lepidoptera and Orthoptera.
References	Boucek, Z. 1974, On some Chalcididae and Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new genera and species from Africa and one species from Asia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 37(2): 327-330. Cameron, P. 1905, On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum. (Third paper) Record of the Albany Museum 1: 297-314. Cameron, P. 1907, Descriptions of species of parasitic Hymenoptera, chiefly in the collections of the South African Museum, Cape Town. (Second paper) Annals of the South African Museum 5: 203-225. Fabricius, J.C. 1787, Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas 1:272 Copenhagen 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. Kieffer, J.J. 1905, Neue Eucharinae und Chalcidinae. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 49:262 Schmitz, G. 1946, Chalcididae de l'Afrique Central. Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte Fas. 48:54 Congo Belge, Inst. Parcs. Nat. Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte.
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).

Brachymeria Westwood

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