Ranjith, A. P.;Samartsev, K. G.;Nasser, M.
Dirrhope
Sign in to saveDirrhope is the only extant genus in the subfamily Dirrhopinae of braconid parasitoid wasps. Dirrope was included in the Microgastrinae until 1984. Specimens of this genus have been found fossilized in amber dating from the Cretaceous period.
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Dirrhope is the only extant genus in the subfamily Dirrhopinae of braconid parasitoid wasps. Dirrope was included in the Microgastrinae until 1984. Specimens of this genus have been found fossilized in amber dating from the Cretaceous period.
== Description and distribution == Dirrhope are rarely collected, very small wasps. They are similar to small microgastrines but the first metasomal segment is highly flattened with the spiracle on the median rather than lateral tergite.