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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eucharitidae » Eucharitinae » Kapala » Kapala floridana

Species Kapala floridana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eucharitidae
Subfamily Eucharitinae
Genus Kapala
Species floridana (Kapala floridana)
Explanation of Names
Kapala floridana (Ashmead, 1885)
Identification
Only described Kapala species present in Florida north of Lake Okeechobee.

Another undescribed/undetermined species is known from south Florida(1).
See .
Food
Pogonomyrmex badius is the only known host.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nearctic Eucharitinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae).
Heraty, J.M. 1985. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario 116: 61-103.
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 27 October, 2016 - 4:12pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, metrioptera, PaleoJon
Last updated 7 January, 2022 - 7:27pm

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