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Bradynobaenidae

Bradynobaenid wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

  Apterogyna Latrielle, 1809
  Gynecaptera Skorikov, 1935.
  Macroocula Panfilov, 1954
Micatagla Argaman, 1994

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Possibly parasitoids of Sun spiders (Solifugae).

References

Brothers, D.J. & Finnamore A.T. 1993. Superfamily Vespoidea (pp. 161-278). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Pagliano G. 2002. Revisione della sottofamiglia Apterogyninae (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae. Museo regionale di scienze naturali Torino, Monografie 34: 1-387.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums)


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