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Methochinae

Methochine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

  Methocha Latrielle, 1804

Distribution

Worldwide, but absent from Australasian region.

Biology

Ectoparasitoids of subterranean tiger beetle larva (Cicindelinae).

Reference

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.

Kimsey, L.S. 1991. Relationships among the tiphiid wasp subfamilies (Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 16: 427-438.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums)


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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