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Diparinae

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

Classification

 

Boeria Hedqvist,1969

  Cerodipara Desjardins, 2007
  Conodipara Hedqvist,1972

 

Conophorisca Hedqvist,1969

 

Dipara Walker, 1833

 

Dozodipara Desjardins, 2007

 

Lelaps Walker, 1843

  Myrmicolelaps Hedqvist,1969

 

Netomocera Bouček, 1954

 

Pyramidophoriella Hedqvist,1969

Distribution

Worldwide, but with a Gondwanan center of diversity, most diverse at the generic level in South Africa and Australia.

Biology

Parasitoids of curculionid beetles (Coleoptera); mantid egg cases (Mantodea); or Glossina tsetse fly puparia (Glossinidae, Diptera).

Reference

Desjardins, C.A. 2007. Phylogenetics and classification of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae. Zootaxa 1647: 1–88.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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