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Ibitya communis (Risbec)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Eucharitidae; Subfamily: Oraseminae; Genus: Ibitya)

Orasema communis Risbec, 1952: 412-414. Holotype: in MNHP. Type locality: Bekily, Madagascar.

Lectotype male designated by Heraty, 1994. 

 

Distribution

Madagascar

Biology

 Parasitoid of Pheidole veteratrix Forel (Myrmicinae, Formicidae).

References

Burks RA, Heraty JM, Mottern J, Dominguez C, Heacox S. 2017. Biting the bullet: revisionary notes on the Oraseminae of the Old World (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eucharitidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 55: 139–188. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.55.11482

Heraty, J.M. 1994. Classification and evolution of the Oraseminae in the Old World, including revision of two closely related genera of Eucharitinae (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 157: vii+174pp. 

Heraty, J.M. 2002. A revision of the genera of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the World. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 68: 1-359.

Heraty, J.M. 2017. Catalog of World Eucharitidae, 2017. Electronic publication: https://hymenoptera.ucr.edu/EucharitidaeCatalog2017.pdf

Credits

 Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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