Leaiopria termitarii
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| Leaiopria termitarii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Diapriidae |
| Subfamily: | Diapriinae |
| Genus: | Leaiopria |
| Species: | L. termitarii |
| Binomial name | |
| Leaiopria termitarii Dodd, 1915 | |
Leaiopria termitarii is a species of parasitoid wasp in the subfamily Diapriinae of the Diapriidae family,[1] and was first described in 1915 by Alan Parkhurst Dodd.[1][2] The species was redescribed in 1980 by Ian D. Naumann and Lubomír Masner.[3]
This species of wasp is endemic to Australia (South Australia),[3] and is closely associated with Nasutitermes fumigatus termites, from whose subterranean galleries it has been collected.[3]
It is thought that Leaiopria termitarii may parasitize immature stages of the termite N. fumigatus.[3]