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Aulacidae

Aulacid wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

ClassificationIdentification key

 

Panaulix Benoit, 1984

Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology Parasitoids of wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera) or sawfly (Symphyta, Xiphydriidae) larvae.

References

Mason, W.R.M. 1993. Superfamilies Evanioidea, Stephanoidea, Megalyroidea and Trigonalyoidea (pp. 510-520). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Credits

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