Isomerala
There are three species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants. Isomerala is easily recognized by its facial characteristics and is the only genus that is nested alone in a group of Kapala.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Isomerala azteca | Girault, 1920 | Eciton burchellii | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama | |
Isomerala bouceki | Heraty, 2005 | ants | Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela | |
Isomerala coronata | (Westwood, 1874) | Ectatomma ruidum | Brazil, Mexico |
REFERENCES
- Heraty, J.M. A revision of the genera of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the World. JOURBOOK: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute VOLUME: 68 PAGES: 367pp. (2002).
- Heraty, J.M. A revision of the genus Isomerala (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). JOURBOOK: Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovenicae VOLUME: 69(1-2) PAGES: 137-145. (2005).
- Shipp, J.W. A new classification of the genus |Thoracantha| Latr. JOURBOOK: Entomologist VOLUME: 27 PAGES: 188-190. (1894).
- Westwood, J.O. Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis; or, illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, PAGES: xxiv+205pp, 40 plates. (1874).