Vanhorniidae is a family of parasitic wasps belonging to the Proctotrupoidea. There are only two extant genera, Heloriserphus and Vanhornia, which are native to the Northern Hemisphere.[1][2] They are parasitoids of beetle larvae belonging to the family Eucnemidae.[3]

Vanhorniidae
Specimen of Vanhornia eucnemidarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Proctotrupoidea
Family: Vanhorniidae


References

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  1. ^ Moon Bo Choi, Jong Wook Lee (2012) First record of Vanhorniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15: 59-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2011.08.003.
  2. ^ K.N. Kleiner, P. Hanson, J. Pickering (2019) First Record of Vanhorniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidae) from Florida. Florida Entomologist 102(1): 257-258. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.102.0147
  3. ^ Hogan, Joshua; Bass, Amber; Zhang, Y. Miles; Sharanowski, Barbara (2019-07-16). "Integrating multiple sources of biodiversity information greatly expands the range of a rare species of Hymenoptera (Vanhorniidae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 7: e37569. doi:10.3897/BDJ.7.e37569. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 6650442. PMID 31360098.