Pseudochalcura americana

Pseudochalcura americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Eucharitidae
Subfamily:	Eucharitinae
Genus:	Pseudochalcura
Species:	P. americana
Binomial name
Pseudochalcura americana (Howard, 1894)

Distribution

United States: Florida. Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay

Biology

Host ant: Camponotus

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, Burks RA, Mbanyana N, Noort SV. Morphology and life history of an ant parasitoid, Psilocharis afra (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Zootaxa. 2018 Sep 19;4482(3):491-510.

• 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, L.O. 1894. Report on the Chalcididae of the subfamilies Chalcidinae, Eucharinae, Perilampinae, Encyrtinae, Aphelininae, Pireninae, Elasminae and Elachistinae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 25: 84-85.

• 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