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Distribution |
Worldwide. |
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Biology |
Koinobiont endoparasitoids of Coleoptera (Curculionidae
and Chrysomelidae) larvae, more rarely Symphyta larvae (hosts of one
genus). |
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Diversity |
222 species in twenty genera. |
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Diagnosis |
Clypeus wide, separated from face by a groove, the apical
margin with a fringe of long parallel setae. Mesopleuron with foveate
groove extending from about mid height to metacoxa. Fore wing with
areolet minute and open, pterostigma large and triangular. Metasoma
laterally compressed. Metasomal tergite I slender, spiracle near apex.
Ovipositor upcurved, short to very long, with dorsal subapical notch.
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References |
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M.G. and Gauld, I.D. 1976. The family-group names of the Ichneumonidae
(excluding Ichneumoninae) (Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 1:247-258.
Förster,
A. 1869. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. Verhandlungen
des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 25:
135-221.
Horstmann,
K. 1971. Revision der europäischen Tersilochinen 1 (Hymenoptera,
Ichneumonidae). Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung (München).
15:47-138.
Khalaim, A. 2007. First
records of Meggoleus, Heterocola and Phradis
(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical
region, with description of four new species. African Invertebrates
48: 101-110.
Khalaim, A.I. 2009. South African species of Aneuclis
Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). African
Invertebrates 50: 123-136.
Khalaim, A.I. 2010.
To the study of Afrotropical species of the genus
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Khalaim, A.I. 2013. Afrotropical species of Diaparsis Förster,
1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). African
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Discovery of the South African fauna of Allophrys Förster
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New data on the Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae).
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Khalaim, A.I. 2021.
Diaparsis phobos sp. nov. and D. deimos sp. nov., two
amazing new species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from
Madagascar. Zootaxa 4985(1): 118–124.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.1.8
Khalaim AI, Sääksjärvi IE &
Roinine, H. 2014.
Three new Afrotropical species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera:
Ichneumonidae) from the Kibale National Park, Uganda.
Zootaxa 3794: 536–544.
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Rousse, P. & Villemant, C. 2012.
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Credits
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Photographs by Nadene Smith
©
Iziko Museums or by Agnièle
Touret-Alby © MNHN (specimens database
http://coldb.mnhn.fr) or
© Andrey Khalaim (Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
St. Petersburg, Russia). |
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Acaenitinae;
Anomaloninae;
Banchinae;
Brachycyrtinae;
Sisyrostolinae;
Campopleginae;
Cremastinae;
Cryptinae;
Ctenopelmatinae;
Diplazontinae;
Eucerotinae;
Ichneumoninae;
Lycorininae;
Mesochorinae;
Metopiinae;
Ophioninae;
Orthocentrinae;
Pimplinae;
Rhyssinae;
Tersilochinae;
Tryphoninae;
Xoridinae
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