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Oraseminae

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

Orasemine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

Classification
 

Orasema

Timioderus

Distribution

Orasema has a worldwide distribution; Timioderus is restricted to Africa.

Biology

 Internal parasitoids of ant larvae (Myrmycinae and possibly Formicinae and Ecitoninae).

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, J.M. 2002. A revision of the genera of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the World. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 68: 1-359.

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