Leaiopria
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| Leaiopria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Diaprioidea |
| Family: | Diapriidae |
| Subfamily: | Diapriinae |
| Genus: | Leaiopria Dodd, 1915 |
Leaiopria is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the subfamily, Diapriinae, of the Diapriidae family[1] and was first described in 1915 by Alan Parkhurst Dodd.[1][2] The type species is Leaiopria termitarii Dodd, 1915.[1] The genus was redescribed in 1980 by Ian D. Naumann and L. Masner.[3]
Wasps of this genus are found solely in Australia,[3] and are closely associated with Nasutitermes termites.[3] The close association of each species each with a single termite species has led to the likelihood that each wasp species has co-evolved with each termite species.[3] Whether the termite associates are hosts parasitized by these wasps is not known.[3] Species of this genus are subterranean species, with similar habits.[3]