Chalinus berlandi Guiglia, 1935

Chalinus braunsi Enslin, 1911

Chalinus haugi du Buysson, 1902

Chalinus imperialis Westwood, 1874

Species inquirendae

Chalinus oberthueri (Saussure, 1890)

Chalinus plumicornis (Guérin-Menneville, 1848)

Distribution

Afrotropical region, with one species also recorded from Israel

Biology

Unknown, but presumably parasitoids of wood-boring insect larvae.

References

Vilhelmsen, L. 2001. Systematic revision of the genera Chalinus Konow, 1897 and Mocsarya Konow, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Orussidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 32: 361-380.

Vilhelmsen, L. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera), a basal parasitic wasp taxon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 337-418.

Credits

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