User:Alandmanson/South African Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera of South Africa Gallery
Chalcidoidea of South Africa Gallery

A Fig Wasp (Philotrypesis sp., Family Pteromalidae) ovipositing into a fig receptacle, possibly into the larvae of another wasp. Many species in the Calcidoidea parasitize the eggs or larvae of other insects.

Category: Hymenoptera of South Africa


Pimpliformes

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  • Diplazontinae
  • Orthocentrinae
  • Pimplinae

Ichneumoniformes

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  • Cryptinae
  • Phygadeuontinae
  • Ichneumoninae

Ophioniformes

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  • Tryphoninae
  • Tersilochinae
  • Mesochorinae
  • Metopiinae
  • Anomaloninae
  • Ophioninae
  • Cremastinae
  • Campopleginae

-- Only 2 described species known in SA: Ceraphron longulus Sundholm, 1970; Ceraphron modicus Sundholm, 1970

-- 8 spp. in 3 genera: Helorus, Afroserphus & Exallonyx