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Epyris Westwood

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Bethylidae; Subfamily: Epyrinae)

Epyris Westwood 1832, 1: 129. Type species: Epyris niger Westwood.

Epyris algoae Kieffer, 1911 Epyris algoaensis Kieffer, 1911
Epyris allaudi Kieffer, 1905 Epyris amabilis Saussure, 1892
Epyris bicolor Fouts, 1934 Epyris caffrarius Kieffer, 1911
Epyris congolensis Benoit, 1957 Epyris ebneri Kieffer, 1921
Epyris fallax Benoit, 1957 Epyris fulleborni Kieffer, 1912
Epyris geniculatus Kieffer, 1904 Epyris hottentottus Turner, 1928
Epyris latipes Kieffer, 1913 Epyris levissimus Turner, 1928
Epyris lippensi Benoit, 1957 Epyris muiri Turner and Waterston, 1917
Epyris naticola Kieffer, 1913 Epyris perversus Benoit, 1957
Epyris plurilineatus Turner, 1928 Epyris ruficaudus (Kieffer, 1913)
Epyris silverstrii Kieffer, 1913 Epyris subalatus Turner, 1928
Epyris torridus Kieffer, 1912 Epyris windhukiensis Kieffer, 1914
Epyris wittei Benoit, 1957

Distribution

 

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Westwood , J. O. 1832. Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasatic hymenopterous insects. London and Edinburgh Philosopphical Magazine and Journal of Science. Series 3. 1: 127-129.

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