Eucharis

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There are forty six species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants.

List of Eucharis and their Host Ants
Genus and species Author and Year Ant Host Distribution Notes
Eucharis acuminata Ruschka, 1924 ants Russia, Saudi Arabia
Eucharis adscendens (Fabricius, 1787) Formica Germany, Portugal, Romania
Eucharis affinis Boucek, 1956 ants Israel subgenus: (Psilogastrellus)
Eucharis alashanica Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants China
Eucharis albipennis Boucek, 1956 ants Israel (Psilogastrellus)
Eucharis alticola Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Kyrgystan
Eucharis anatolica Boucek, 1952 ants Turkey
Eucharis atrocyanea Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Uzbekistan
Eucharis bedeli (Cameron, 1891) Cataglyphis bicolor,Cataglyphis viatica Algeria
Eucharis borceai Andriescu, 1968 ants Romania
Eucharis bytinskisalzi Boucek, 1956 ants Egypt, Israel (Eucharisca)
Eucharis carinifera Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Uzbekistan
Eucharis casca Fernando, 1957 ants Sri Lanka
Eucharis cassius Fernando, 1957 ants Sri Lanka
Eucharis cuprea Blanchard, 1840 ants Egypt (Psilogastrellus)
Eucharis cyanella Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Turkmenistan
Eucharis diaphana Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Turkmenistan
Eucharis dimidiata Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Kazakhstan
Eucharis dobrogica Andriescu, 1968 ants Romania
Eucharis esakii Ishii, 1938 Formica japonica Japan, Korea
Eucharis fulviventris Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Turkmenistan, Armenia
Eucharis globosa Radoszkowsky, 1873 ants Somalia
Eucharis gussakovskii Nikol'skaya, 1952 ants Russia, Kazakhstan
Eucharis hissariensis Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Tajikistan
Eucharis hyalina Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Mongolia
Eucharis hyalinipennis Hoffer & Novicky, 1954 ants Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
Eucharis intermedia Ruschka, 1924 ants Saudi Arabia, Tunisia
Eucharis leviceps Cameron, 1909 ants Borneo
Eucharis marani Boucek, 1956 ants Bulgaria
Eucharis melantheus Fernando, 1957 ants Sri Lanka
Eucharis microcephala Boucek, 1956 Cataglyphis bicolor, Cataglyphis nodus Israel Psilogastrellus
Eucharis nana Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Russia
Eucharis nigriventrris Boucek, 1956 ants Israel Psilogastrellus
Eucharis parvula Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Kazachstan
Eucharis przhevalskii Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Mongolia
Eucharis punctata Forster, 1859 Messor concolor Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey
Eucharis pusilla Nikol'skaya, 1952 ants Tajikistan
Eucharis reticulata Ruschka, 1924 ants Hungary, Turkey
Eucharis ruficornis Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Palearctic: Pamirs
Eucharis rugulosa Gussakovskiy, 1940 Cataglyphis Russia
Eucharis schmiedeknechti Ruschka, 1924 ants Algeria, Tunisia
Eucharis scylla Nikol'skaya, 1952 ants Tajikistan
Eucharis shestakovi Gussakovskiy, 1940 Messor structor Albania, Russia, Yugoslavia
Eucharis spec Walker, 1839 ants
Eucharis specularis Ruschka, 1924 ants Palearctic
Eucharis turanica Gussakovskiy, 1940 ants Kazakastan
Eucharis turca Nikol'skaya, 1952 ants Palearctic: Asia

REFERENCES

  • Andriescu, I. 1968. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Eucharitiden Rumäniens (Chalcidoidea, Hym., Insecta). Pages 225-241. in Carausu, S.; Jitariu, P. (eds), Lucrarile sesiunii stiintifice a statiunii de cercetari marine "Prof. Ioan Borcea", Agigea. Iasi.
  • Fernando, W. Contributions to a knowledge of the insects of Ceylon. 5. New parasitic Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea). JOURBOOK: Ceylon Journal of Science (B) VOLUME: 25(3) PAGES: 209-219. (1957).
  • 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