Pseudofoenus | |
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Pseudofoenus, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Gasteruptiidae |
Subfamily: | Hyptiogastrinae |
Genus: | Pseudofoenus Kieffer, 1902 |
Synonyms | |
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Pseudofoenus is a genus of carrot wasps in the family Gasteruptiidae. There are some 76 described species in Pseudofoenus which has a restricted Gondwanan distribution and is found in Australia, New Guinea and New Britain, the south-west Pacific (New Caledonia, New Hebrides and Fiji), New Zealand and South America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
These 76 species belong to the genus Pseudofoenus:
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