| Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks |
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Gasteruptiidae |
Slender bodied wasps with elongate mouth-parts. Commonly seen on flowers. They are parasitic on bees or vespid wasps. The metasoma is attached to the propodeum well above the hind coxae [picture] [162 Aust. species] |
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References:
Insects of Australia (Chapter 42: Hymenoptera)
I.D. Naumann
CSIRO, Division of Entomology
1137pp (2 volumes), Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1999.
Page 942