''Megacara'' is a genus of parasitoid
wasps
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...
belonging to the family
Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25 ...
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The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species
''Megacara'' includes the following species:
* ''
Megacara abdominalis''
Sheng, 2000
* ''
Megacara hortulana''
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
References
Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae genera
Insects described in 1970
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