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Aspicerinae

Aspicerine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

Anacharoides Cameron, 1904

 

Aspicera

 

Melanips 

  Prosaspicera
Distribution Worldwide
Biology

Parasitoids of larva of Syrphidae (Diptera).

References

Ronquist, F. 1999. Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea. Zoologica Scripta 28:139–164.

Credits

 

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

Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages

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