Smicromorpha
There are eight myrmecophilous species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants.
Genus and species | Author and Year | Ant Host | Distribution | Notes |
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Smicromorpha attenboroughi | Binoy, Santhosh & Nasser, 2021 | ants | India | |
Smicromorpha banksi | Naumann, 1986 | ants | Australia, Papua New Guinea | |
Smicromorpha doldi | Girault, 1913 | Oecophylla smaragdina | Australia | |
Smicromorpha eudela | Naumann, 1986 | Oecophylla smaragdina | Australia | |
Smicromorpha keralensis | Narendran, 1979 | Oecophylla smaragdina | India | |
Smicromorpha lagynos | Naumann, 1986 | Oecophylla smaragdina | Australia | |
Smicromorpha masneri | Darling, 2009 | Oecophylla smaragdina | Vietnam | |
Smicromorpha minera | Girault, 1926 | Oecophylla smaragdina | Australia |
REFERENCES
- Binoy, C., Santhosh, S. & Nasser, M., 2021, Review of Smicromorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) with description of a new species from India, pp. 131-149 in Zootaxa 4991 (1) on pages 137-138,
- Darling, D.C. 2009: A new species of Smicromorpha (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) from Vietnam, with notes on the host association of the genus. In: Johnson, N.F. (ed.) Advances in the systematics of Hymenoptera. Festschrift in honour of Lubomír Masner. ZooKeys, 20: 155–163.
- Girault AA (1913) Some chalcidoid Hymenoptera from Northern Queensland. Archiv fürNaturgeschichte 79: 70–90.
- Narendran TC (1979) A new species and a new record of the interesting genus SmicromorphaGirault (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) from Oriental region. Journal of Bombay NaturalHistory Society 75: 908–911.
- Naumann, I.D. 1986: A revision of the Indo-Australian Smicromorphinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 22: 169–187. Abstract