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Psilocharis Heraty

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

Psilocharis Heraty, 1994

 

Psilocharis aenigma Heraty, 1994

Psilocharis afra Heraty, 1994

 

Psilocharis monilicera Heraty, 1994

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda. Also Indo-Australian region.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Heraty, J.M. 1994. Classification and evolution of the Oraseminae in the Old World, including revision of two closely related genera of Eucharitinae (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 157: vii+174pp. 

Heraty JM, Burks RA, Nhleko N & van Noort S. 2018. Morphology and life history of an ant parasitoid, Psilocharis afra (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Zootaxa 4482: 491–510. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.3 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.3

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

 

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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