Ambositrinae

Ambositrinae
Maoripria earlyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diapriidae
Subfamily: Ambositrinae
Masner, 1961

Ambositrinae is a subfamily of parasitoid wasps, within Diapriidae. The subfamily was first described by Canadian entomologist Lubomir Masner in 1961. Most species have a Gondwanan distribution, being found in Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and South America.

Taxonomy

Ambositrinae contains the following genera:

References

  1. 1 2 Citizen science observations for Ambositrinae at iNaturalist
  2. ↑ Masner, L (1961). "Ambositrinae, a new subfamily of Diapriidae from Madagascar and central Africa (Hymenoptera Proctotrupoidea)". Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. 12.
  3. ↑ "Subfamily Ambositrinae". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 3 November 2022.