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Chalcididae

Classification of afrotropical chalcidid wasps

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

 

  • Subfamily CHALCIDINAE

    • Genus Acanthochalcis Cameron, 1884

      • Acanthochalcis gigas Steffan,1951 (Madagascar)

    • Genus Acrocentrus Steffan, 1959

      • Acrocentrus erythrothorace Steffan,1959 (Madagascar)

    • Genus Brachymeria Westwood,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)

    • Genus Chalcis Fabricius,1787

      • Chalcis amphilochus Walker,1846 (Sierra Leone)

      • Chalcis bicolor Bingham,1902 (Zimbabwe)

      • Chalcis capensis Cameron,1905 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis ferox Kieffer,1905 (Madagascar)

      • Chalcis flavitarsis Kieffer,1905 (Madagascar)

      • Chalcis fuscus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Chalcis melanogastra Cameron,1907 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis melanospila Cameron,1907 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis microlinea Walker,1862 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis natalensis Cameron,1907 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis polyctor Walker,1841 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis pymi Cameron,1905 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis resus Walker,1850 (Sierra Leone)

      • Chalcis rotundata Cameron,1905 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis saussurei Kieffer,1905 (Madagascar)

      • Chalcis spilopus Cameron,1905 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis transvaalensis Cameron,1911 (South Africa)

      • Chalcis vera Boucek,1974 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Chalcis visellus Walker,1846 (Sierra Leone)

    • Genus Conura Spinola,1837

      • Conura africanus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Conura andersoni (Waterston,1916) (Kenya)

      • Conura capensis (Cameron,1907) (South Africa)

      • Conura congolensis (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Cratocentrus Cameron,1907

      • Cratocentrus decoratus (Klug,1834) (Egypt, Saudi Arabia)

      • Cratocentrus maculicollis (Masi,1944) (Eritrea)

      • Cratocentrus pruinosus Steffan,1959 (Madagascar)

      • Cratocentrus ruficornis Cameron,1907 (Namibia, South Africa)

    • Genus Hovachalcis Steffan,1949

      • Hovachalcis gibberosa Steffan,1949 (Madagascar)

    • Genus Marres Walker,1841

      • Marres dicomas Walker,1841 (Gambia)

      • Marres kerrichi (Steffan,1959) (Swaziland, Zimbabwe)

    • Genus Phasgonophora Westwood,1832

      • Phasgonophora ruficaudis (Cameron,1907) (South Africa)

      • Phasgonophora rufoornata Cameron,1905 (South Africa)

    • Genus Philocentrus Steffan,1959

      • Philocentrus argenteolus Steffan,1959 (Senegal)

    • Genus Plastochalcis Masi,1943

      • Plastochalcis stenogeneia Masi,1943 (Somalia)

    • Genus Spatocentrus Steffan,1959

      • Spatocentrus arnoldi Steffan,1959 (Zimbabwe)

    • Genus Trigonura Sichel,1866

      • Trigonura reticulata (Kieffer,1912) (Cameroon)

      • Trigonura rubens (Klug,1834) (Sudan, Tunisia)

    • Genus Vespomorpha Steffan,1959

      • Vespomorpha auronitens Steffan,1959 (Zimbabwe)

  • Subfamily DIRHININAE

    • Genus Dirhinus Dalman,1818

      • Dirhinus acutaus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dirhinus anthracia Walker,1846 (Australia, India, Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, Zambia)

      • Dirhinus antonii Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dirhinus ehrhorni Silvestri,1913 (Nigeria)

      • Dirhinus excavatus Dalman,1818 (Eritrea, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Senegal, Sierra Leone)

      • Dirhinus flavicornis Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dirhinus garouae Risbec,1956 (Cameroon)

      • Dirhinus giffardii Silvestri,1913 (worldwide except Australasian)

      • Dirhinus inflexus Waterston,1917 (Ghana)

      • Dirhinus kivuensis (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dirhinus madagascariensis (Masi,1947) (India, Madagascar)

      • Dirhinus minimus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dirhinus nidicolus Kerrich,1964 (Rwanda)

      • Dirhinus ugandensis (Masi,1947) (Uganda)

      • Dirhinus wohlfahrtiae Ferrière,1935 (Saudi Arabia)

    • Genus Pseudeniaca Masi,1936

      • Pseudeniaca lyncaea Masi,1936 (Eritrea)

      • Pseudeniaca petiolatus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Pseudeniaca schulthessi Masi,1939 (Eritrea)

    • Genus Youngaia Boucek,1974

      • Youngaia spinosa Boucek,1974 (Ghana)

  • Subfamily EPITRANINAE

    • Genus Epitranus Walker,1834

      • Epitranus anervosus Steffan,1957 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus clypealis Masi,1943 (Somalia)

      • Epitranus cyclogaster (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus denticulatus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus emissicius Steffan,1957 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast)

      • Epitranus evanioides (Westwood,1835) (Mauritania)

      • Epitranus exultans Steffan,1957 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus filicornis Steffan,1957 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus formicarius Walker,1862 (South Africa)

      • Epitranus hamoni (Risbec,1957) (Burkina Faso)

      • Epitranus incensitus Steffan,1957 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus inops Steffan,1957 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus intermedius (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus kivuensis (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus longepetiolatus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus nitidus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus observator Walker,1862 (Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Uganda)

      • Epitranus opificus Steffan,1957 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus rubricolor (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus ruficornis (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus rufus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus ruptator Walker,1862 (South Africa)

      • Epitranus rwindianus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Epitranus sudanensis (Ruschka,1924) (Sudan)

      • Epitranus torymoides (Risbec,1953) (Ivory Coast)

  • Subfamily HALTICHELLINAE

    • Genus Allochalcis Kieffer,1905

      • Allochalcis inermis (Kieffer,1905) (Madagascar)

      • Allochalcis nervosa Kieffer,1905 (Madagascar)

    • Genus Antrocephalus Kirby,1883

      • Antrocephalus biacutus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Antrocephalus crassipes Masi,1940 (Ghana, Kenya, Somalia)

      • Antrocephalus elisae Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Antrocephalus erythropus Schmitz,1946 (Madagascar)

      • Antrocephalus euphorbiae Risbec,1954 (Senegal)

      • Antrocephalus ferrierei (Masi,1936) (Cameroon, Eritrea)

      • Antrocephalus mitys (Walker,1846) (Australia, Brazil, India, Israel, Mauritius, Philippines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka)

      • Antrocephalus pachymerus Masi,1940 (Somalia)

      • Antrocephalus punctatus Kieffer,1905 (Madagascar)

      • Antrocephalus subelongatus (Kohl,1906) (Saudi Arabia)

      • Antrocephalus sulcatus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Antrocephalus villiersi Risbec,1957 (Senegal)

    • Genus Antrochalcis Kieffer,1910

      • Antrochalcis pictipennis Kieffer,1910 (Rwanda)

    • Genus Aspirrhina Kirby,1883

    • Genus Eurycentrus Cameron,1907

      • Eurycentrus erythrogaster Cameron,1907 (South Africa)

      • Eurycentrus wanei Risbec,1957 (Senegal)

    • Genus Haltichella Spinola,1811

      • Haltichella bilobatus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella burungae Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella flavipes Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella inermis Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella mboroensis Risbec,1957 (Senegal)

      • Haltichella megacerus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella melana Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella nigricola (Walker,1871) (Gambia)

      • Haltichella pulla Steffan,1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella rufipes (Olivier,1791) (Afrotropical, Palaearctic)

      • Haltichella rutshurui Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella tropaeana Steffan,1955 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella uncinatus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Haltichella versator (Walker,1862) (South Africa)

    • Genus Hastius Schmitz,1946

      • Hastius ochraceus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Hockeria Walker,1834

      • Hockeria atrix (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Hockeria basilewskyi (Steffan,1955) (Burundi)

      • Hockeria cachani (Risbec,1957) (Ivory Coast)

      • Hockeria crassa Boucek,1974 (Angola, South Africa)

      • Hockeria diversicornis (Kirby,1886) (Sudan)

      • Hockeria exarata (Waterston,1916) (Malawi, Zimbabwe)

      • Hockeria exigua (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Hockeria figurator (Walker,1862) (Gambia)

      • Hockeria filicornis Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Hockeria fumipennis (Cameron,1907) (South Africa)

      • Hockeria gallicola Prinsloo,1984 (Namibia)

      • Hockeria hypercerus (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Hockeria insecutor (Masi,1939) (Eritrea)

      • Hockeria intaillatus Schmitz,1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Hockeria liberator (Walker,1862) (Mozambique, South Africa)

      • Hockeria micans (Waterston,1915) (Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

      • Hockeria minator (Walker,1862) (South Africa)

      • Hockeria nudaureliae Boucek,1974 (Mozambique, South Africa)

      • Hockeria octodentata (Cameron,1905)  (South Africa)

      • Hockeria rubra (Ashmead,1894) (Mexico, South Africa, U.S.A.)

      • Hockeria schulthessi (Ferrière,1935) (Nigeria, Uganda)

      • Hockeria sulciscutis (Cameron,1907) (South Africa)

      • Hockeria tamaricis Boucek,1982 (Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia)

      • Hockeria trifasciata (Cameron,1907) (South Africa)

      • Hockeria unicolor Walker,1834 (Afrotropical, Palaearctic)

    • Genus Hybothorax Ratzeberg,1844

      • Hybothorax palparicida Boucek,1974 (South Africa)

    • Genus Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre,1897

      • Kriechbaumerella magrettii (Kirby,1886) (Sudan)

      • Kriechbaumerella palpebrata (Kriechbaumer,1894) (Tanzania)

    • Genus Lasiochalcidia Masi,1929

      • Lasiochalcidia agilis (Klug,1834) (France, Saudi Arabia)

      • Lasiochalcidia brevifrons Steffan,1951 (Guinea)

      • Lasiochalcidia guineensis (Steffan,1951) (Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Guinea, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Yugoslavia)

      • Lasiochalcidia melanaria (Cameron,1905) (South Africa)

      • Lasiochalcidia munda (Waterston,1916) (Malawi)

      • Lasiochalcidia pubescens (Klug,1834) (Italy, Saudi Arabia)

      • Lasiochalcidia spinigera Steffan,1956 (South Africa)

    • Genus Neochalcis Kirby,1883

      • Neochalcis breviceps (Masi,1929) (India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa)

    • Genus Oxycoryphe Kriechbaumer,1894

      • Oxycoryphe edax (Waterston,1916) (Malawi, South Africa)

      • Oxycoryphe subaenea Kriechbaumer,1894 (Gabon)

    • Genus Proconura Dodd,1915

      • Proconura africana (Schmitz,1946) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Proconura caryobori (Hanna,1934) (India, Nepal, Sudan, United Kingdom)

      • Proconura eublemmae (Steffan,1951) (Senegal)

      • Proconura microgastricida (Steffan,1951) (Senegal)

      • Proconura tachinivora (Steffan,1951) (Senegal)

    • Genus Psilochalcidia Steffan,1951

      • Psilochalcidia dentata Steffan,1951 (Chad, Senegal)

    • Genus Psilochalcis Kieffer,1905

      • Psilochalcis capensis (Steffan,1948) (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Psilochalcis hirtella (Masi,1943) (Somalia)

      • Psilochalcis longigena Kieffer,1905 (Madagascar)

      • Psilochalcis patrizii (Masi,1929) (Somalia)

      • Psilochalcis propinqua (Steffan,1954) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Psilochalcis pumila (Klug,1834) (Saudi Arabia)

      • Psilochalcis schoutedeni (Steffan,1954) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Psilochalcis senegalensis (Steffan,1951) (Senegal)

      • Psilochalcis soudanensis (Steffan,1951) (Afrotropical, Oriental, Palaearctic)

    • Genus Rhynchochalcis Cameron,1905

      • Rhynchochalcis nigra Cameron,1905 (Madagascar, South Africa)

      • Rhynchochalcis retusa Steffan,1951 (Senegal)

      • Rhynchochalcis senegalensis Steffan,1951 (Senegal)

    • Genus Tanycoryphus Cameron,1905

      • Tanycoryphus baumi Boucek,1958 (Senegal)

      • Tanycoryphus clavicornis Steffan,1950 (Mozambique, Senegal)

      • Tanycoryphus conglobatus Steffan,1950 (Madagascar)

      • Tanycoryphus criniger Steffan,1950 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)

      • Tanycoryphus occultus Steffan,1957 (South Africa)

      • Tanycoryphus planifrons Steffan,1957 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Tanycoryphus sericatus Steffan,1957 (Chad)

      • Tanycoryphus sulcifrons Cameron,1905 (South Africa)

    • Genus Tanyotorthus Steffan,1955

      • Tanyotorthus giganteus (Steffan,1955) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Tropimeris Steffan,1948

      • Tropimeris excavata Steffan,1948 (Senegal)

    • Genus Uga Girault,1930

      • Uga coriacea Kerrich,1960 (South Africa, Uganda)

    • Genus Xyphorachidia Steffan,1951

      • Xyphorachidia dentata Steffan,1951 (Senegal)

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