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Perilampidae

Perilampid wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

  Chrysolampinae
Perilampinae
Philomidinae
  Jambiya (incertae sedis - uncertain placement within Perilampidae).
Distribution Worldwide.
Biology Either hyperparasitoids of Lepidoptera through Tachinidae (Diptera) or Ichneumonoidea, or primary parasitoids of wood-boring beetle larvae (Anobiidae and Platypodidae), and less commonly Hymenoptera, Orthoptera or Neuroptera.

References

Bouček, Z. 1978. A generic key to Perilampinae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with a revision of Krombeinius n.gen. and Euperilampus Walker. Entomologica Scandinavica 9:299-307.

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.

Heraty, J.M. and D.C. Darling. 2007. A new genus and species of Perilampidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with uncertain placement within the family. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 138: 33-47.

Credits

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