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Afrotropical Megalyroidea

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

ClassificationIdentification keys

Megalyridae

Distribution

South America, Africa, southeast Asia and Australia

Biology

Parasitoids of Coleoptera larvae living under tree bark or rarely Pemphredonidae larvae.

Reference

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.

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