Kapala sulcifacies

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

Identification

Distribution

Nicaragua

Habitat

Biology

Host ant: Ectatomma ruidum

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
  • Howard, R.W., Pérez-Lachaud, G. & Lachaud, J.P. (2001) Cuticular hydrocarbons of Kapala sulcifacies (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) and its host, the ponerine ant Ectatomma ruidum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 94, 707–716.
  • 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