Pseudometagea

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

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List of Pseudometegea and their Host Ants

Genus and species	Author and Year	Ant Host	Distribution	Notes
Pseudometagea bakeri	Burks, 1961	ants	Canada; United States: Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah
Pseudometagea barberi	Heraty, 1985	ants	Canada, United States: New York
Pseudometagea hirsuta	Heraty, 1985	ants	United States: California
Pseudometagea montana	(Ashmead, 1890)	ants	Canada, United States: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming
Pseudometagea nefrens	Heraty, 1985	ants	Canada, United States: Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania
Pseudometagea occipitalis	Heraty, 1985	ants	Canada, United States: Arizona, Colorado, Montana
Pseudometagea rugosa	Heraty, 1985	ants	Mexico
Pseudometagea schwarzii	(Ashmead, 1892)	Lasius neoniger	United States: Canada, United States: Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire

REFERENCES

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

• Burks, B.D. 1961. The species of Pseudometagea Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Eucharitidae). Entomological News 72: 253-257.

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

• Heraty, J.M. A revision of the Nearctic Eucharitinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae). JOURBOOK: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario VOLUME: 116 PAGES: 61-103. (1985).

• 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).