Kapala iridicolor

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Kapala iridicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eucharitidae
Subfamily: Eucharitinae
Genus: Kapala
Species: K. iridicolor
Binomial name
Kapala iridicolor
(Cameron, 1904)

Identification

Distribution

Nicaragua, Venezuela

Habitat

Biology

Host ant: Ectatomma ruidum, Gnamptogenys sulcata

Nomenclature

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
  • Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela, John M Heraty, Andrew Carmichael, Jean-Paul Lachaud, Biology and Behavior of Kapala (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) Attacking Ectatomma, Gnamptogenys, and Pachycondyla (Formicidae: Ectatomminae and Ponerinae) in Chiapas, Mexico, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 99, Issue 3, 1 May 2006, Pages 567–576.
  • Risbec, J. (1952) Contribution á l'étude des chalcidoides de Madagascar., JOURBOOK: Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (E) VOLUME: 2 PAGES: 1-449
  • Westwood, J.O. 1868. Descriptions of new genera and species of Chalcididae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1868:xxxvii