Lophyrocera

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

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List of Lophyrocera and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Lophyrocera apicalis	Ashmead, 1892	ants	United States: Arizona, California, New Mexico
Lophyrocera chilensis	(Bréthes, 1916)	ants	Chile
Lophyrocera daguerrei	(Gemignani, 1947)	ants	Argentina, United States
Lophyrocera plagiata	(Walker, 1862)	ants	Argentina, United States
Lophyrocera pretendens	(Walker, 1862)	ants	Brazil, Colombia
Lophyrocera stramineipes	Cameron, 1884	ants	Panama
Lophyrocera variabilis	Torrens, Heraty & Fidalgo, 2008	Camponotus	Argentina

REFERENCES

• Ashmead, W.H. 1892. Notes on the eucharids found in the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 2: 354-358.

• De Santis, L. Chalcidoidea. JOURBOOK: Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica PAGES: 408-426. (1998).

• Gemignani, E.V. 1947. Nuevas especies de la familia Eucharidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). (In Spanish.) Comunicationes del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 1: 1-15.

• 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.

• Torrens, Javier. (2013). A Review of the Biology of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Argentina. Psyche A Journal of Entomology. 2013. 14. 10.1155/2013/926572.

• 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).