Pseudometagea
There are eight species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Pseudometagea bakeri | Burks, 1961 | ants | Canada; United States: Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah | |
Pseudometagea barberi | Heraty, 1985 | ants | Canada, United States: New York | |
Pseudometagea hirsuta | Heraty, 1985 | ants | United States: California | |
Pseudometagea montana | (Ashmead, 1890) | ants | Canada, United States: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming | |
Pseudometagea nefrens | Heraty, 1985 | ants | Canada, United States: Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania | |
Pseudometagea occipitalis | Heraty, 1985 | ants | Canada, United States: Arizona, Colorado, Montana | |
Pseudometagea rugosa | Heraty, 1985 | ants | Mexico | |
Pseudometagea schwarzii | (Ashmead, 1892) | Lasius neoniger | United States: Canada, United States: Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire |
REFERENCES
- Ashmead, W.H. Notes on the eucharids found in the United States. JOURBOOK: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington VOLUME: 2 PAGES: 354-358. (1892
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- 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 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
- Kieffer, J.J. Neue Eucharinae und Chalcidinae. JOURBOOK: Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift VOLUME: 49 PAGES: 240-265. (1905).
- Risbec, J. 1958. Chalcidoïdes nouveaux d'Afrique du Sud. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia No 22(B):147-162.
- Westwood, J.O. 1868. Descriptions of new genera and species of Chalcididae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1868:xxxvii
- Westwood, J.O. Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis; or, illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, PAGES: xxiv+205pp, 40 plates. (1874).