Anacharis Dalman, 1823

Noort, Simon van, Buffington, Matthew L. & Forshage, Mattias, 2015, Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera), ZooKeys 493, pp. 1-176 : 27-28

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Figitidae

Anacharis Dalman, 1823

Remarks.

Rare in Afrotropical region.

Diagnosis.

Characteristic anacharitines with elongate, smooth petiole and distinctly transverse and triangular head. The scutellum does not overhang the propodeum; it has more or less reticulate sculpture (never strongly foveolate) and often has a posterior carina that forms a distinct posterodorsal edge. The mesopleura are typically more sculptured than in other Anacharitinae, and the metasoma ends in a more pointed way (the others typically more abruptly).

Distribution.

Mainly Holarctic, but also common in Australia and New Zealand, and locally present in Afrotropical region. Afrotropical records: Madagascar ( Pujade-Villar 2012), Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda (here).

Biology.

Parasitoids of aphidivorous Neuroptera larvae. ( Fergusson 1986, Miller and Lambdin 1985, Cave and Miller 1987).

Species richness.

Anacharis madagascarensis Pujade-Villar, 2012 (Madagascar)

Several undescribed species from elsewhere in Africa.