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Campsomerinae

Campsomerine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

 

Campsomeriella Betrem, 1941

Charimeris Betrem, 1971

Cathimeris Betrem, 1971

Crioscolia Bradley, 1951

Dasyscolia Bradley, 1951

Extrameris Betrem, 1967

Guigliana Betrem, 1967

Leomeris Betrem, 1971

Micromeriella Betrem, 1971

 

Megameris Betrem, 1967

Peltatimeris Betrem, 1971

Trielis Saussure, 1863

Turbatimeris Betrem, 1971

Tureimeris Betrem, 1971

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

External parasitoids of beetle larvae (mostly Scarabaeidae) that live in soil or decaying vegetable matter.

References

Betrem, J.G. & Bradley, J.C. 1972. The African Campsomerinae (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 6: 1-326.

Bradley, J.C. 1959. The Scoliidae of Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 331-362.

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.

Credits

Photographs © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria).


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