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Ismaridae

Ismarid wasps of the Afrotropical region

Classification

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

Ismarus Haliday, 1835

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Hyperparasitoids of Cicadellidae through larvae of Dryinidae

References

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Ismaridae) from Brazil and a New Occurrence Record for Ismarus gracilis Masner. Entomo Brasilis 9(3): 197–201. https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v9i3.589
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Kim CJ, Notton DG, Ødegaard F, Lee JW. 2018. Review of the Palaearctic species of Ismaridae Thomson, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea). European Journal of Taxonomy 417:
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Kim C-J, Copeland RS, Notton DG. 2018. The family Ismaridae Thomson (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea): first record for the Afrotropical region with description of fourteen new species. African Invertebrates 59(2): 127-163. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.24403

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Credits

Photographs © Chang-Jun Kim (Korea National Arboretum) or © Robert Copeland (ICIPE).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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