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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Chalcidid Wasps (Chalcididae) » Chalcidinae » Conura

Genus Conura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Chalcididae, Torticidae parasitoid - Conura - female

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 Chalcididae (Chalcidid Wasps)

Subfamily Chalcidinae

Genus Conura

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Spilochalcis Thomson, 1876

Explanation of Names

Conura Spinola, 1837

Numbers

55 spp. in 17 species groups in our area (+1 fossil), >300 spp. in 3 subgenera total(1)

Conura (Ceratosmicra)

immaculata group (8 spp.)

side group (7 spp.)

tanais group (1 sp.)

Conura (Conura)

maculata group (9 spp.)

nigricornis group (4 spp.)

Conura (Spilochalcis)

aequalis group (1 sp.)

apaiis group (1 sp.)

blanda group (1 sp.)

debilis group (2 spp.)

femorata group (5 spp.)

flava group (1 sp.)

melana group (1 sp.)

odontotae group (1 sp.)

paya group (1 sp.)

pygmaea group (1 sp.)

transitiva group (4 spp.)

xanthostigma group (7 spp.)

Food

most attack Lepidoptera pupae; a few parasitize Coleoptera (Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae) and Diptera (Syrphidae); some are secondary parasites of Ichneumonoidea

Remarks

Caution: Proper identification generally requires microscopy. Any identification relying upon pattern or based solely upon comparing images should be treated as suspect unless verified by an expert in the genus.

Print References

(2)

Burks, B. D. 1940. Revision of the chalcid-flies of the tribe Chalcidini in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88(3082): 237-354. Biodiversity Heritage Library) [starting on p. 263, referred to as the previous genus epithet Spilochalcis]

Works Cited

1.	Universal Chalcidoidea Database

2.	A revision of the C. maculata species group of Conura Spinola in America, north of Mexico... Frederick J. Moitoza. 1994. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 70(2): 168-182.

Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 4:22pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, v belov, PaleoJon, Arturo Santos, bdagley
Last updated 9 December, 2023 - 10:03pm

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