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Dirrhopinae

of the Afrotropical Region

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae)

Classification

  Undescribed species from South Africa

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of  leaf-mining Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Palaearctic and Nearctic regions; undescribed specimens from South Africa and the Solomon Islands.

References

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 5. Microgasterinae amd Ichneutinae. Hymenopterum Catalogus, Pars 9:669-812.

Credits

Web editing: Aisha Mayekiso


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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