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nigricornis group

Chalcididae sp.? - Conura nigricornis Chalcididae - Conura sp? - Conura Conura lasnierii? - Conura lasnierii Conura nigricornis? - Conura 25Jul2017.ecotone.HN.hymen1 - Conura - male Conura rufa? - Conura rufa Conura rufa? - Conura rufa Conura
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
No Taxon nigricornis group
Numbers
4 described spp. known from our area; 14 described + 16 undescribed spp. across the New World.(1)
1. C. coxalis
2. C. lasnierii
3. C. nigricornis
4. C. nortonii
Identification
Full diagnosis given by Bouček (1992). Proper species ID requires microscopy.(1)
Range
US south to Argentina(1)
Food
Hosts: Lepidoptera in the families Limacodidae or Megalopygidae.(1)
Works Cited
1.On the New World Chalcididae
Gérard Delvare & Zdeněk Bouček. 1992. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 53, 466 pp.