Dicoelothorax

There are two species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants. Host ants: Ectatomma brunneum

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List of Dicoelothorax and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Dicoelothorax parviceps	Cameron, 1913	ants	Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Guyana
Dicoelothorax platycerus	Ashmead, 1904	Ectatomma brunneum	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil

REFERENCES

• Ashmead, W.H. Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America by Herbert H. Smith. JOURBOOK: Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum VOLUME: 1(4) PAGES: i-xi,225-551,39pls. (1904).

• Cameron, P. 1913. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum, Part V. Journal of Royal Agricultural Society, Demerara 3: 105-137.

• 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).

• Quevillon, L. 2018. THE ECOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION OF PARASITES INFECTING ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE). Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.

• Torréns J, Heraty J (2012) Description of the species of Dicoelothorax Ashmead (Chalcidoidea, Eucharitidae) and biology of D. platycerus Ashmead. ZooKeys 165: 33-46. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.165.2089