''Chalcis'' is a wasp genus in the subfamily
Chalcidinae
Chalcidinae is a subfamily of chalcidid wasps in the family Chalcididae.
Taxonomy and phylogeny
Phylogenetic analysis has restricted Chalcidinae to only encompass those genera formerly included in the tribe Chalcidini, with the former tribes Brac ...
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Species
According to waspweb.org, there are 19 species in the
Afrotropics
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
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* '' Chalcis amphilochus'' Walker, 1846 (Sierra Leone)
* '' Chalcis bicolor'' Bingham, 1902 (Zimbabwe)
* '' Chalcis capensis'' Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis ferox'' Kieffer, 1905 (Madagascar)
* '' Chalcis flavitarsis'' Kieffer, 1905 (Madagascar)
* '' Chalcis fuscus'' Schmitz, 1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
* '' Chalcis melanogastra'' Cameron, 1907 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis melanospila'' Cameron, 1907 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis microlinea'' Walker, 1862 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis natalensis'' Cameron, 1907 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis polyctor'' Walker, 1841 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis pymi'' Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis resus'' Walker, 1850 (Sierra Leone)
* '' Chalcis rotundata'' Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis saussurei'' Kieffer, 1905 (Madagascar)
* '' Chalcis spilopus'' Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis transvaalensis'' Cameron, 1911 (South Africa)
* '' Chalcis vera'' Boucek, 1974 (Namibia, South Africa)
* '' Chalcis visellus'' Walker, 1846 (Sierra Leone)
References
Further reading
* Boucek, Z. 1974, On some Chalcididae and Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new genera and species from Africa and one species from Asia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 37(2): 327-330.
* Cameron, P. 1905, On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum. (Third paper) Record of the Albany Museum 1: 297-314.
* Cameron, P. 1907, Descriptions of species of parasitic Hymenoptera, chiefly in the collections of the South African Museum, Cape Town. (Second paper) Annals of the South African Museum 5: 203-225.
* Fabricius, J.C. 1787, Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas 1:272 Copenhagen Gibson A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570–655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
* Kieffer, J.J. 1905, Neue Eucharinae und Chalcidinae. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 49:262
* Schmitz, G. 1946, Chalcididae de l'Afrique Central. Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte Fas. 48:54 Congo Belge, Inst. Parcs. Nat. Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte.
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Hymenoptera genera
Chalcidoidea