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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcididae) » Conura

Genus Conura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Chalcid Wasp - Conura Chalcid Wasp - Conura Small Wasp - Conura Mello Yello...Wasp - Conura - female Conura amoena Conura sp. - Conura - male orange chalcidoid - Conura - female Very Strange Bee/Fly - Conura
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcid Wasps)
Family Chalcididae (Chalcid Wasps)
Genus Conura
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spilochalcis
Explanation of Names
Author: Spinola, 1837.
Numbers
Nearctica lists 51 species.
Food
The majority of Conura attacks Lepidoptera pupae; a few parasitize Coleoptera (Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae) and Diptera (Syrphidae); some are secondary parasites of Ichneumonidae and Braconidae.
Remarks
The males have a small, round, petiolate abdomen, while the females have a more elongate abdomen that comes to a point. [comment by Dennis Haines]
Internet References
Chalcidoidea website
Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 4:22pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman
Last updated 4 November, 2009 - 12:23pm

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