Liopteridae is a family of wood-boring parasitoid wasps. They occur worldwide with concentrations in the African Tropics. These insects have a petiolate abdomen. There are 10 genera and more than 140 species known.
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Liopteridae is a family of wood-boring parasitoid wasps. They occur worldwide with concentrations in the African Tropics. These insects have a petiolate abdomen. There are 10 genera and more than 140 species known.
==Classification== Subfamily Dallatorrellinae (Australasian, Oriental) Genus Mesocynips Cameron, 1903 (Oriental) Genus Dallatorrella Kieffer, 1911 (Australasian, Oriental) Subfamily Mayrellinae (Worldwide) Genus Kiefferiella Ashmead, 1903 (Nearctic) Genus Paramblynotus Cameron, 1908 (Worldwide) Subfamily Liopterinae (Neotropical) Genus Liopteron Perty, 1833 Genus Peras Westwood, 1837 Genus Pseudibalia Kieffer, 1911 Subfamily Oberthuerellinae (Afrotropical) Genus Oberthuerella Saussure, 1890 Genus Tessmannella Hedicke, 1912 Genus Xenocynips Kieffer, 1910
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