''Araucania'' is a genus of braconid wasps in the family
Braconidae
The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis ...
, found in South America. There are at least two described species in ''Araucania''.
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The genus ''Araucania'' Pate 1947 has been used for a single species of South American wasps in the family ]Sapygidae
The Sapygidae are a family of solitary kleptoparasitic aculeate wasps. They are generally black wasps, similar in appearance to some Tiphiidae or Thynnidae, with white or yellow markings developed to various degrees.
The female oviposits her egg ...
. This species was originally described under the genus name ''Laura'' (by Reed in 1930) but this name was already in use for a crustacean named in 1883. After Pate described this wasp genus, other authors named genera Araucania only to be forced in turn to replace those names.[
In 1993, Marsh used the name ''Araucania'' for a genus of two newly described species of South American wasps in the family Braconidae.][ This genus name has been accepted in recent literature.][
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Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Araucania'' in the family Braconidae:
* '' Araucania maculipennis'' Marsh, 1993
* '' Araucania penai'' Marsh, 1993
References
Further reading
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Parasitic wasps
Braconidae
Hymenoptera of South America
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