Brachymeria Westwood

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Chalcididae; Subfamily: Chalcidinae; Tribe: Brachymeriini)

Brachymeria Westwood, 1829. Type species: Vespa minuta Linnaeus 1766, by subsequent designation (Westwood, J.O., 1829).

	Brachymeria species (South Africa)
	Brachymeria acarinatus (Schmitz, 1946)
	Brachymeria africa Masi, 1929
	Brachymeria alberti (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria albicrus (Klug, 1834) Brachymeria albipes (Kieffer, 1905) Brachymeria albisquama Kriechbaumer, 1894 Brachymeria bauhiniae (Steffan, 1951) Brachymeria bayoni Masi, 1929 Brachymeria boranensis Masi, 1939 Brachymeria bottegi Masi, 1929 Brachymeria brunneipennis (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria butae (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria citrea Steffan, 1954 Brachymeria clavigera Steffan, 1955 Brachymeria cowani (Kirby, 1883) Brachymeria debauchei (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria dunbrodyensis (Cameron, 1907) Brachymeria erythraea Masi, 1936 Brachymeria eublemmae (Steffan, 1951) Brachymeria excarinata Gahan, 1925
	Brachymeria femorata Masi, 1929
	Brachymeria feae Masi, 1929 Brachymeria globata Steffan, 1954 Brachymeria inornata Masi, 1940
	Brachymeria kassalensis (Kirby, 1886)
	Brachymeria kivuensis (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria leighi (Cameron, 1907) Brachymeria lingulata Steffan, 1955 Brachymeria lissostoma (Cameron, 1911) Brachymeria madagascariensis (Kieffer, 1905) Brachymeria magrettii Masi, 1929 Brachymeria marmonti (Girault, 1924) Brachymeria megensis Masi, 1943 Brachymeria microgaster (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria mochii Masi, 1936 Brachymeria multicolor (Kieffer, 1905) Brachymeria nursei (Cameron, 1907) Brachymeria olethria (Waterston, 1914) Brachymeria paolii Masi, 1929 Brachymeria pilosella Steffan, 1954 Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius, 1787) Brachymeria porrecta Steffan, 1954 Brachymeria pseudamenocles Masi, 1943 Brachymeria reflexa Steffan, 1954 Brachymeria risbeci Steffan, 1954 Brachymeria rufa Steffan, 1954 Brachymeria rufiventris (Kieffer, 1905) Brachymeria securiclavus (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria sesamiae Gahan, 1928 Brachymeria setosiella Steffan, 1954 Brachymeria somalica Masi, 1929 Brachymeria straeleni (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria tenuicornis (Kieffer, 1905) Brachymeria tibialis Steffan, 1958 Brachymeria truncata (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria varipes (Walker, 1871) Brachymeria vulcani (Schmitz, 1946) Brachymeria wanei Risbec, 1957 Brachymeria xanthopus (Schmitz, 1946)

Distribution	Worldwide.
Biology	Brachymeria species are mostly primary parasitoids of butterfly and moth pupa (Lepidoptera), but a few attack muscoid Diptera or are secondary parasitoids of tachinid and sarcophagid Diptera parasitizing Lepidoptera and Orthoptera.
References	Bouček, Z. 1974, On some Chalcididae and Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new genera and species from Africa and one species from Asia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 37(2): 327-330. Cameron, P. 1905, On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum. (Third paper) Record of the Albany Museum 1: 297-314. Cameron, P. 1907, Descriptions of species of parasitic Hymenoptera, chiefly in the collections of the South African Museum, Cape Town. (Second paper) Annals of the South African Museum 5: 203-225. Fabricius, J.C. 1787, Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas 1:272 Copenhagen 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. Kieffer, J.J. 1905, Neue Eucharinae und Chalcidinae. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 49:262 Schmitz, G. 1946, Chalcididae de l'Afrique Central. Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte Fas. 48:54 Congo Belge, Inst. Parcs. Nat. Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte.
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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