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Orussidae

Parasitic wood wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

Chalinus
 

Leptorussus
 

Orussus

 

Pedicrista

Distribution

Worldwide, with greatest species richness in Africa. Species usually rare.

Biology

 Parasitoids of wood-boring Coleoptera and Hymenoptera larvae.

Reference

Goulet, H. 1993. Superfamilies Cephoidea, Megalodontoidea, Orussoidea, Siricoidea, Tenthredinoidea and Xyeloidea (pp. 101-129). 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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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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