Closterocerus - WaspWeb

	Closterocerus africanus Waterston, 1925 (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Tanzania) Closterocerus bambeyi (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)
	Closterocerus chamaeleon (Girault, 1922)
	Closterocerus etiellae (Risbec, 1955) (Cameroon) Closterocerus kinquelibae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal) Closterocerus leptocerus (Waterston, 1925) (Ghana, Ivory Coast) Closterocerus liriomyzae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)
	Closterocerus orthopterae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal) Closterocerus perineti (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar) Closterocerus pulcherrimus (Kerrich, 1970) (India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka) Closterocerus purpurissatus (Kerrich, 1970) (Kenya, Tanzania) Closterocerus ritchiei (Ferrière, 1936) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania) Closterocerus theaephila (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar) Closterocerus tineivora (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal) Closterocerus violaceus (Ferrière, 1936) (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania)

Distribution	Worldwide.
Biology	Parasitoids or hyperparasitoids of Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera.
References	Gibson G.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. Gumovsky, A. 2016. A review of genera and described Afrotropical species of Tetracampinae (Hymenoptera: Tetracampidae), with description of a new genus from East Central Africa. Zootaxa 4111: 393-420. Risbec, J. 1951. 1. Les Chalcidoides de l'Afrique occidentale française. Mémoires de l'Institute Français d'Afrique Noire, Ifan-Dakar 13: 7-409.
Credits	Photographs © Roger Burks (UCR).

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