Chalcis (wasp)

Chalcis
Chalcis biguttata Spinola, 1808.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Chalcididae
Subfamily: Chalcidinae
Tribe: Chalcidini
Genus: Chalcis
Fabricius, 1787
Type species
Chalcis sispes
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Species

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Chalcis is a wasp genus in the tribe Chalcidini.

Species

According to waspweb.org, there are 19 species in the Afrotropics :[1]

  • Chalcis amphilochus Walker, 1846 (Sierra Leone)
  • Chalcis bicolor Bingham, 1902 (Zimbabwe)
  • Chalcis capensis Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis ferox Kieffer, 1905 (Madagascar)
  • Chalcis flavitarsis Kieffer, 1905 (Madagascar)
  • Chalcis fuscus Schmitz, 1946 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Chalcis melanogastra Cameron, 1907 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis melanospila Cameron, 1907 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis microlinea Walker, 1862 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis natalensis Cameron, 1907 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis polyctor Walker, 1841 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis pymi Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis resus Walker, 1850 (Sierra Leone)
  • Chalcis rotundata Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis saussurei Kieffer, 1905 (Madagascar)
  • Chalcis spilopus Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis transvaalensis Cameron, 1911 (South Africa)
  • Chalcis vera Boucek, 1974 (Namibia, South Africa)
  • Chalcis visellus Walker, 1846 (Sierra Leone)

References
  1. waspweb.org Archived October 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  • Boucek, Z. 1974, On some Chalcididae and Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new genera and species from Africa and one species from Asia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 37(2): 327-330.
  • Cameron, P. 1905, On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum. (Third paper) Record of the Albany Museum 1: 297-314.
  • Cameron, P. 1907, Descriptions of species of parasitic Hymenoptera, chiefly in the collections of the South African Museum, Cape Town. (Second paper) Annals of the South African Museum 5: 203-225.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1787, Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas 1:272 Copenhagen Gibson A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570–655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
  • Kieffer, J.J. 1905, Neue Eucharinae und Chalcidinae. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 49:262
  • Schmitz, G. 1946, Chalcididae de l'Afrique Central. Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte Fas. 48:54 Congo Belge, Inst. Parcs. Nat. Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte.
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