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Acanthochalcis Cameron, 1884
Acrocentrus Steffan, 1959
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Brachymeria Westwood,1829
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Chalcis Fabricius,1787
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Conura Spinola,1837
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Cratocentrus
Cameron,1907
Hovachalcis
Steffan,1949
Marres
Walker,1841
Phasgonophora
Westwood,1832
Philocentrus
Steffan,1959
Plastochalcis
Masi,1943
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Spatocentrus
Steffan,1959
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Trigonura
Sichel,1866
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Vespomorpha
Steffan,1959
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Distribution |
Worldwide. |
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Biology |
Species of Chalcis are
parasitoids of fly pupa (Stratiomyiidae) associated with salt or fresh
water marshes. Most Conura species are parasitoids of Lepidoptera
pupae, but a few are known from Coleoptera (Chrysomelidae,
Curculionidae), Diptera (Syrphidae), and as secondary parasitoids of
Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. Brachymeria
species are mostly primary parasitoids of Lepidoptera, but a few attack
muscoid Diptera or are secondary parasitoids of tachinid and sarcophagid
Diptera parasitizing Lepidoptera and Orthoptera. Trigonura and
Phasgonophora species are parasitoids of buprestids and in the case
of Trigonura also scolytid beetles (USDA,
Systematics Entomology Laboratory website). |
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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
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums) or Bob Copeland. |
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