Acanthopria

There are a few myrmecophilous species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants. Some species attack the larvae of Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants.

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List of Acanthopria and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Acanthopria crassicornis	Ashmead, 1896	Cyphomyrmex	United States, Mexico

REFERENCES

• Fernandez-Marın, H., Zimmerman, J.K., Wcislo, W.T. 2006. Acanthopria and Mimopriella parasitoid wasps (Diapriidae) attack Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini). Naturwissenschaften 93: 17–21 (doi:10.1007/s00114-005-0048-z).

• Loiácono, M. S., and C. B. Margaria. 2002. Ceraphronoidea, Platygastroidea, and Proctotrupoidea from Brazil (Hymenoptera). Neotropical Entomology 31:551-560.

• Masner, Lubomir, and José Luis García R. "The genera of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) in the New World. Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 268." (2002).