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Stephanidae

Stephanid wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

Foenatopus Smith, 1860

 

Madegafoenus Benoit, 1951

 

Profoenatopus van Achterberg, 2002

 

Pseudomegischus van Achterberg, 2002

Distribution Worldwide, hghest species richness in the tropics.
Biology Parasitoids of wood-boring beetle larva (Coleoptera).

References

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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