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Megaphragma caribea

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Megaphragma caribea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Trichogrammatidae
Genus: Megaphragma
Species:
M. caribea
Binomial name
Megaphragma caribea
Delvare, 1993

Megaphragma caribea is a species of wasp.[1] It has been found acting as an egg parasitoid of Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis and Selenothrips rubrocinctus, which live on the plant Terminalia catappa in Columbia. It has a body length of only 181–224 μm. [2]

References

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  1. ^ "Megaphragma caribea Delvare 1993 - Encyclopedia of Life".
  2. ^ Polilov, Alexey A. (30 October 2017). "First record of Megaphragma (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) in Colombia, and third animal species known to have anucleate neurons". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 60: 181–185. doi:10.3897/jhr.60.19907. ISSN 1314-2607. Retrieved 15 April 2022.