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Sapygidae

Sapygid wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

Sapygina Costa, 1887

Distribution

 Worldwide, but absent from the Australian region.

Biology

 Cleptoparasites or ectoparasitoids of bee and wasp larva (Megachilidae, Anthophoridae, Eumeninae).

References

 Arnold, G. 1929. African species of Sapygidae. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13: 175-181.

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.

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