View source for Lirata

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

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|+ List of ''Lirata'' and their Host Ants
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! scope="col" | Genus and species
! scope="col" | Author and Year
! scope="col" | Ant Host
! scope="col" | Distribution
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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|''[[Lirata batesella]]''|| (Westwood, 1874)||ants||Brazil ||
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|''[[Lirata diabla]]''|| Heraty, 2002:||ants||Brazil||
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|''[[Lirata luteogaster]]''|| Cameron, 1884||ants||Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela||
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|''[[Lirata pallescens]]''|| (Walker, 1862)||ants|| Brazil ||
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|''[[Lirata pustula]]''|| Heraty, 2002|| ants||Brazil||
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|''[[Lirata striatissima]]''|| (Walker, 1862)||ants||Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago||
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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

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

*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.

*[[Media:A Review of the Biology of Eucharitidae Hymenopter.pdf| 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).