Acanthopria

There are a few myrmecophilous species in this genus which are Parasitoids of ants. Some species attack the larvae of Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants.

REFERENCES


 * [[Media:Fernandez-Marın, H., Zimmerman, J.K. et al. 2006. Acanthopria and Mimopriella parasitoid wasps attack Cyphomyrmex (10.1007@s00114-005-0048-z).pdf|Fernandez-Marın, H., Zimmerman, J.K., Wcislo, W.T. 2006. Acanthopria and Mimopriella parasitoid wasps (Diapriidae) attack Cyphomyrmex fungus-growing ants (Formicidae, Attini). Naturwissenschaften 93: 17–21]].


 * Loiácono, M. S., and C. B. Margaria. 2002. Ceraphronoidea, Platygastroidea, and Proctotrupoidea from Brazil (Hymenoptera). Neotropical Entomology 31:551-560.


 * Masner, Lubomir, and José Luis García R. "The genera of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) in the New World. Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 268." (2002).