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Ampulicomorpha Ashmead

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

Ampulicomorpha Ashmead 1893. Type species: Ampulicomorpha confusa Ashmead 1893.

 

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Parasitoids of homopteran nymphs (Achilidae; Hemiptera).

References

Ashmead, W.H. 1893. Monography of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 45, 1-472.

Olmi, M. 1995. A revision of the world  Embolemidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomologica (1995), N.S., XVIII (XXXI): 85-146.

Olmi, M. 1999. Hymenoptera Dryinidae - Embolemidae. Fauna d’Italia  37, Edizioni Calderini, Bologna:1-425.

Olmi M., 2006. A catalogue of Dryinidae and Embolemidae of South Africa, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera Chrysidodea). Frustula entomologica (2005)(N.S.) vol. 28-29 (41-42): 1-57.

Credits

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