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Callaspidia Walker

Callaspidia Dahlbom, 1842. Type species:

	Callaspidia aberrans (Kieffer) Callaspidia areolata (Kieffer) Callaspidia binghami Hedicke Callaspidia brevifurca (Kieffer) Callaspidia defonscolombei Dahlbom Callaspidia dichroa Belizin Callaspidia dufouri Giraud Callaspidia dusmeti Tavares Callaspidia formosana Hedicke Callaspidia japonica (Ashmead) Callaspidia kozlovi Belizin Callaspidia ligurica Giraud Callaspidia marshalli (Kieffer) Callaspidia mediterranea Dalla Torre & Kieffer
	Callaspidia notata (Boyers de Fonscolombe, 1832)
	Callaspidia provancheri Ashmead Callaspidia rubricrus Dettmer Callaspidia rufithorax (Cameron) Callaspidia striolata (Cameron) Callaspidia westwoodi Dahlbom
	Callaspidia species

Distribution	Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic regions.
Biology	Koinobiont endoparasitoids of aphidophagous syrphid (Buffington et al., 2012)
References	Buffington ML, Brady S, Morita S, van Noort S 2012. Divergence estimates and early evolutionary history of Figitidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). Systematic Entomology 37: 287–304. Evenhuis H 1968. Some ecological facts about two Dutch Melanips species. Entomologische Berichten 28: 175–176. Fergusson NDM 1986. Charipidae, Ibaliidae & Figitidae: Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol 8, pt 1c. London. 1–55. Forshage, M., & Baião, G. 2014. Revision of Mani's Figitidae types (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). Zootaxa 3784(4): 498–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.9 Mani, M.S. 1936. Some new and little known parasitic Hymenoptera from India. Records of the Indian Museum 38: 333–340. van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015. Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353
Credits	Photographs © Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).
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