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Leiophron
aethiopica (de Saeger,1946) (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Leiophron afra (de
Saeger,1946) (Democratic
Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Leiophron alberti
(de Saeger,1946) (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Leiophron anaulax
(de Saeger,1946) (Democratic
Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Leiophron ariomedes
(Nixon,1946) (Uganda)
Leiophron carcina
(Nixon,1946) (Uganda)
Leiophron choaspes
(Nixon,1946) (South Africa)
Leiophron daicles
(Nixon,1946) (Uganda)
Leiophron lamia
(Nixon,1946) (Uganda)
Leiophron
madagascariensis (Granger,1949) (Madagascar)
Leiophron marica
(Nixon,1946) (Uganda)
Leiophron mytilus
(de Saeger,1946) (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Leiophron
nigroapicalis (Granger,1949) (Madagascar)
Leiophron prosper
(Nixon,1946) (South Africa) |
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Leiophron sarahae Rousse & Braet, 2012 (Reunion) |
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Leiophron schusteri
Loan,1990 (Kenya)
Leiophron
sculptilis (de Saeger,1946) (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Leiophron
tropicalis (de Saeger,1946) (Democratic
Republic of Congo, Rwanda)
Leiophron
xanthostigma (Szépligeti,1914) (Democratic
Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda) |
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Leiophron yaeli Rousse & Braet, 2012 (Reunion) |
Diagnosis
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Antenna with 12–18 flagellomeres, apical flagellomere without spine.
Maxillary and labial palpi with, respectively, 5 and 2–3 segments.
Occipital carina usually widely interrupted dorsally, ventrally
joining hypostomal carina. Frons, vertex and temple smooth.
Subocular sulcus present. Mesonotum usually smooth, notaulus absent.
Postpectal carina distinct. Propodeum without postero-median
depression. Forewing venation greatly reduced: Rs ending far
before wing apex, Rs+M present but sometimes absent, 2/M
present, M+Cu largely spectral, 1/M usually
thickened, 2/Cu sometimes spectral, 3/Cu absent.
Forewing with 2R1small, 1M+1R1 much more setose and often darker
than R. Hind wing with Cu&cu-a absent. Tarsal claws simple.
Metasomal tergite I nearly parallel sided or slightly widened
apically, with ventral margins varying from distinctly separated to
touching for a variable distance or totally fused. Laterope and
dorsope absent, spiracles in front of middle. Tergites II and III
without lateral fold, second metasomal suture absent. Hypopygium
small and setose. Ovipositor hardly visible, usually shorter than
0.25x tergite I. Ovipositor slender and decurved (Rousse &
Braet, 2012). |
Biology
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Solitary enparasitoids (koinobiont) of
immature Miridae and Lygaeidae (Hemiptera). |
Distribution
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Worldwide. |
References
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Rousse, P. & Braet,
Y. 2012.
Braconid wasps (Hymenoptera) of Reunion. 1. Euphorinae (including Meteorini):
key to species and description of six new species. Zootaxa 3449:
26–46.
Shaw,
M.R. and T. Huddleston 1991. Classification and biology of braconid wasps
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Handbooks for the Identification of the British
Insects, Vol. 7, Part 11. Royal Entomological Society of London, London,
England. 126pp.
Shaw,
S.R. 1985. A phylogenetic study of the subfamilies Meteorinae and Euphorinae
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Entomography 3:277-370.
Shenefelt,
R.D. 1969. Braconidae 1. Hybrizoninae, Euphorinae, Cosmophorinae, Neoneurinae,
Macrocentrinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 4:1-176.
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Credits
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Phototographs by Agničle Touret-Alby © MNHN. Visit
the MNHN database
http://coldb.mnhn.fr |
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