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Copidosoma delattrei
(Ghesquière, 1948) (Ivory
Coast)
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Copidosoma floridanum
(Ashmead, 1900) (Ivory Coast, Senegal. Also worldwide)
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Copidosoma koehleri
Blanchard, 1940 (South Africa. Also worldwide except Nearctic)
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Copidosoma varicorne
(Nees, 1834) (Ivory Coast, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Also Oriental, Palaearctic)
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Polyembrony: Copidosoma species ex caterpillar on Searsia
species (Anacardaceae).
Photographs © Hennie de Klerk.
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Distribution |
Worldwide.
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Biology |
Polyembryonic parasitoids of Lepidoptera. |
References |
Iwabuchi K. 2019.
Polyembryony in Encyrtid Parasitoids. In: Polyembryonic Insects.
Entomology Monographs. Springer, Singapore.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0958-2_2 |
Credits |
Photographs © Hennie de Klerk. |
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