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Species Allophrys divaricata

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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 Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Tersilochinae
Genus Allophrys
Species divaricata (Allophrys divaricata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Allophrys divaricata Horstmann
Size
Body length, female: 2.5 - 3 mm (1)
Identification
Head for the greater part dark brown. Eyes of males very large. Thorax black, rarely lateral part of pronotum and mesopleurum tinged with brown. Gaster for the greater part black, petiole usually yellowish brown or brown, posterior part of 2nd tergite and anterior part of 3rd tergite usually reddish brown or brown. Legs yellowish or yellowish brown. Propodeum dark brown or black. (See referenced document for complete description). (1)
Range
SC, GA, FL, AL, TX; Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina
Season
Flight period in the United States: almost all through the year. (1)
Food
The species was reared in Trinidad-Tobago from an undetermined species of Nitidulidae (Sap beetles) in fallen guava fruits (Psidium guajava) (1)
Life Cycle
Perhaps three generations can be assumed. (1)
Works Cited
1.Revisions of Nearctic Tersilochinae II
Horstmann, Klaus. 2010. SPIXIANA, 33, 1, 73-109.