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Brachymeria
Brachymeria is a genus of parasitic wasps in the family Chalcididae. Over 300 species are known worldwide, all of them parasites of insect larvae. Most species are black with limited yellow markings, and like most chalcidid wasps, they have enlarged hind femora. The female typically lays eggs inside the larva of a lepidopteran using its ovipositor. Although mostly parasitic on Lepidoptera, a few are hyperparasites (parasites of parasitic Hymenoptera and Diptera), or attack other types of...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Brachymeria podagrica
speciesBrachymeria podagrica
Brachymeria tibialis
complexBrachymeria tibialis
Brachymeria lasus
speciesBrachymeria lasus
Brachymeria minuta
speciesBrachymeria minuta
Brachymeria femorata
speciesBrachymeria femorata
Brachymeria ovata
speciesBrachymeria ovata
Brachymeria inermis
speciesBrachymeria inermis
Brachymeria obtusata
speciesBrachymeria obtusata
Brachymeria kassalensis
speciesBrachymeria kassalensis
Brachymeria tegularis
speciesBrachymeria tegularis
Brachymeria hammari
speciesBrachymeria hammari
Brachymeria nephantidis
speciesBrachymeria nephantidis
Brachymeria flavipes
speciesBrachymeria flavipes
Brachymeria rugulosa
speciesBrachymeria rugulosa
Brachymeria excarinata
speciesBrachymeria excarinata
Brachymeria parvula
speciesBrachymeria parvula
Brachymeria ucalegon
speciesBrachymeria ucalegon
Brachymeria moerens
speciesBrachymeria moerens
Brachymeria mnestor
speciesBrachymeria mnestor
Brachymeria teuta
speciesBrachymeria teuta
Brachymeria perflavipes
speciesBrachymeria perflavipes
Brachymeria bengalensis
speciesBrachymeria bengalensis
Brachymeria porthetrialis
speciesBrachymeria porthetrialis
Brachymeria secundaria
speciesBrachymeria secundaria
Brachymeria discreta
speciesBrachymeria discreta
Brachymeria truncatella
speciesBrachymeria truncatella
Brachymeria aeca
speciesBrachymeria aeca
Brachymeria pedalis
speciesBrachymeria pedalis
Brachymeria compsilurae
speciesBrachymeria compsilurae
Brachymeria cabira
speciesBrachymeria cabira
Brachymeria phya
speciesBrachymeria phya
Brachymeria rubrifemur
speciesBrachymeria rubrifemur
Brachymeria carinatifrons
speciesBrachymeria carinatifrons
Brachymeria incerta
speciesBrachymeria incerta
Brachymeria kraussi
speciesBrachymeria kraussi
Brachymeria annulata
speciesBrachymeria annulata
Brachymeria pandora
speciesBrachymeria pandora
Brachymeria russelli
speciesBrachymeria russelli
Brachymeria aegyptiaca
speciesBrachymeria aegyptiaca
Brachymeria afra
speciesBrachymeria afra
Brachymeria albicrus
speciesBrachymeria albicrus
Brachymeria boranensis
speciesBrachymeria boranensis
Brachymeria bottegi
speciesBrachymeria bottegi
Brachymeria criculae
speciesBrachymeria criculae
Brachymeria dumbrodyensis
speciesBrachymeria dumbrodyensis
Brachymeria dunbrodyensis
speciesBrachymeria dunbrodyensis
Brachymeria feae
speciesBrachymeria feae
Brachymeria inornata
speciesBrachymeria inornata
Brachymeria leighi
speciesBrachymeria leighi
Brachymeria lissostoma
speciesBrachymeria lissostoma
Brachymeria nursei
speciesBrachymeria nursei
Brachymeria olethrius
speciesBrachymeria olethrius
Brachymeria paolii
speciesBrachymeria paolii
Brachymeria pymi
speciesBrachymeria pymi
Brachymeria visellus
speciesBrachymeria visellus
Brachymeria ryukyuensis
speciesBrachymeria ryukyuensis
Brachymeria fiskei
speciesBrachymeria fiskei
Brachymeria funesta
speciesBrachymeria funesta
Brachymeria amenocles
speciesBrachymeria amenocles
Brachymeria marmonti
speciesBrachymeria marmonti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 250262.