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Timioderus Waterston

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Eucharitidae; Subfamily: Oraseminae)

Timioderus Waterston, 1916. Type species: Timioderus refringens Waterston, 1916.
  Timioderus acuminatus Heraty, 1994
  Timioderus coronula Heraty, 1994

Timioderus peridentatus Heraty, 1994
  Timioderus ramosus Heraty, 1994
  Timidoreus refringens Waterston, 1916

Distribution

Africa south of the Sahara.

Biology

 Parasitoids of ant larvae in the genus Pheidole (Myrmicinae).

Reference

Heraty, J.M. 1994. Classification and evolution of the Oraseminae in the Old World, including revision of two closely related genera of Eucharitinae (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 157:vii+174pp.

 

Heraty, J.M. 2002. A revision of the genera of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the World. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 68: 1-359.

Credits

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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