''Areyonga'' is a
genus
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of the
parasitic wasp family
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Ichneumonidae.
It currently consists of only one species, ''Areyonga eremica'', from Australia.
The genus has a few distinguishing features: it lacks occipital carina, the lower mandibular tooth is reduced to a vestigial state, and the segments at the base of the flagellum of each antenna are short 'annellar-like'.
The describing author Gauld inferred that it was related to the genus ''
Probles''.
References
External links
Species List
Ichneumonidae genera
Hymenoptera of Australia
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