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Micrapion Kriechbaumer

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

Micrapion Kriechbaumer,1894. Type species: Micrapion bilineatum Kriechbaumer, by monotypy

Callismicra Kieffer 1905. Synonymy by Boucek 1974.

Classification
  Micrapion biimpressum Boucek,1974
  Micrapion bilineatum Kriechbaumer,1894
  Micrapion clavaforme Steffan,1948
  Micrapion congoense Steffan,1948
  Micrapion dalyi Boucek,1974
  Micrapion dolichum Boucek,1974
  Micrapion flavocinctum (Kieffer,1905)
  Micrapion lugubre Boucek,1974
  Micrapion nasutum Boucek,1974
  Micrapion punctulatum Boucek,1974
  Micrapion richardsi Boucek,1974

Micrapion steffani Boucek,1974

Distribution Afrotropical region
Biology Parasitoids of solitary bees (Ceratina Latreille)

References

Boucek, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement 23: 1-241.

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