Eucharissa erugata

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Eucharissa erugata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eucharitidae
Subfamily: Eucharitinae
Genus: Eucharissa
Species: E. erugata
Binomial name
Eucharissa erugata
Heraty, 2002

Identification

Distribution

South Africa

Habitat

Biology

Host ant: unknown

Nomenclature

Eucharissa erugata Heraty, 2002. Holotype female in Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK). Type locality: South Africa, Zululand (Kwazulu-Natal), Eshowe.


Description

References

  • Heraty, J.M. 2002. A revision of the genera of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the World. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 68: 1-359.
  • Heraty JM, Mbanyana N, Noort SV (2020) A new species of Eucharissa Westwood (Eucharitidae) from South Africa, with an evaluation of the importance of pupae for assessing relationships in these ant parasitoids. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 79: 43–55. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.79.56042
  • Westwood, J.O. 1868. Descriptions of new genera and species of Chalcididae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1868:xxxvii