Pirenidae

• Family PireniDae

  • Subfamily Eriaporinae

    • Genus Eunotiscus Compere, 1928

      • Eunotiscus gahani Compere, 1928 (South Africa)

      • Eunotiscus hypogaeus Ghesquière, 1954 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Promuscidea Girault, 1917

      • Promuscidea comperella (Ghesquière, 1955) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

      • Promuscidea congolia (Ghesquière, 1955) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Promuscidea laticeps (Waterston, 1917) (Congo, Ghana)

      • Promuscidea unfasciativentris Girault, 1917 (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka)

  • Subfamily Euryischiinae

    • Genus Euryischia Riley, 1889

      • Euryischia leucopidis Silvestri, 1915 (Eritrea)

  • Subfamily Pireninae

    • Genus Watshamia Bouček, 1974

      • Watshamia gero Mitroiu , 2013 (Kenya)

      • Watshamia turneri Bouček, 1974 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Watshamia versicolor Bouček, 1974 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

  • Subfamily Tridyminae

    • Genus Afrothopus Mitroiu, 2024
      • Afrothopus georgei Mitroiu, 2024 (Zimbabwe)
    • Genus Gastrancistrus Westwood, 1833

    • Gastrancistrus plectroniae (Risbec, 1960) (Madagascar)

References

Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea, a biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 832 pp.

Burks R, Mitroiu M-D, Fusu L, Heraty JM, Janšta P, Heydon S, Papilloud ND-S, Peters RS, Tselikh EV, Woolley JB, van Noort S, Baur H, Cruaud A, Darling C, Haas M, Hanson P, Krogmann L, Rasplus J-Y. 2022. From hell’s heart I stab at thee! A determined approach to rendering Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera) monophyletic. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 94:13-88. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.94.94263

Gibson G.A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Prinsloo, G.L. 1980. An illustrated guide to the families of African Chalcidoidea. Rep. S. Afr., Dept. Agric. Fish. Sci. Bull. No. 395: 1-66.

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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).