Vanhornia

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Vanhornia is a genus of parasitic wasps. It is the only member of the family Vanhorniidae within the Proctotrupoidea. Of the four known species, V. eucnemidarum (type) is widespread across North America, V. leileri is widespread across the Palearctic, V. quizhouensis is found in South China and Thailand, and V. yurii is found in Northeast Asia. Members of Vanhornia are parasitoids on beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae.[2]

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Vanhornia
Vanhornia eucnemidarum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Proctotrupomorpha
Superfamily: Proctotrupoidea
Family: Vanhorniidae
Crawford, 1909
Genus: Vanhornia
Crawford, 1909
Synonyms

Sinicivanhornia He & Chu, 1990[1]

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Species

  • Vanhornia eucnemidarum Crawford, 1909
  • Vanhornia leileri Hedqvist, 1976
  • Vanhornia quizhouensis (He & Chu 1990)
  • Vanhornia yurii Timokhov & Belokobylskij, 2020

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