Biology:Dirhininae
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Dirhininae is a subfamily of chalcidid wasps in the family Chalcididae. There are four genera.[1]
Dirhinini have a pair of horns on the head and found in the tropics. This group has more than 100 species but many are undescribed.
It develops as a parasite using a host, usually various Brachycera.
The wasp uses its horns, mandible, and their heavy body to emerge from the host.
References
- ↑ Noyes, J.S. (2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". The Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/chalcidoids/database/listGenera.dsml?FamilyCode=CD&ValFamTrib=Dirhininae&type=subfamily. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
External links
Data related to Dirhininae at Wikispecies- Dirhininae in the Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Wikidata ☰ Q21072314 entry
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- ↑ BouĉEk, Z.; Narendran, T.C. (July 1981). "Indian calcid wasps (Hymenoptera) of the genus Dirhinus Parasitic on synanthropic and other Diptera". Systematic Entomology 6 (3): 229–251. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00438.x. ISSN 0307-6970. https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00438.x.
