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Afrotropical Proctotrupoidea

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

 

 

Diapriidae

Proctotrupidae

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Parasitoids of Coleoptera, Symphyta, Neuroptera, Diptera, Formicidae or hyperparasitoids on Homoptera through Dryinidae.

Reference

Johnson, N. F. 1992. Catalog of world Proctotrupoidea excluding Platygastridae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 51: 1-825.

Masner, L. 1993. Superfamily Proctotrupoidea (pp. 537-557). 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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