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Neanastatinae

Neanastatine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

 

Metapelma Westwood 1835

Neanastatus Girault 1913

Distribution Worldwide, but most diverse in the Old World.
Biology Parasitoids or hyper parasitoids (through Platygastridae) of Cecidomyiidae larvae (Diptera), or parasitoids of larvae of wood-boring beetles (Cerambycidae, Buprestidae).

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.

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