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Dirrhopinae

Dirrhopine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification
   

Biology

 Solitary endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of  leaf-mining Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

 Palaearctic and Nearctic regions; undescribed specimens from South Africa and the Solomon Islands.

References

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 5. Microgasterinae amd Ichneutinae. Hymenopterum Catalogus, Pars 9:669-812.

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