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Afrotropical Chrysidoidea

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

 

 

 

 

Bethylidae
Chrysididae
Dryinidae
Embolemidae
Plumariidae
Sclerogibbidae
Scolebythidae
Distribution Worldwide
Biology Parasitoids of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera larva in concealed situations (underneath bark or in soil); cleptoparasites in nests of other wasps and bees; parasitoids of stick insect eggs (Phasmatodea); external parasitoids of leaf hoppers (Cicadellidae).

Diversity

Estimated 16 000 species 70% of which are undescribed.

Reference

Finnamore, A.T. & Brothers, D.J. 1993. Superfamily Chrysidoidea (pp. 130-160). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

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