Coptera is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Diapriidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Diapriidae |
| Subfamily: | Diapriinae |
| Tribe: | Psilini |
| Genus: | Coptera Say, 1836 |
They are a genus of parasitic wasps. Coptera females search for hosts. The known hosts are primarily true fruit flies.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species
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Species include:[1]
- Coptera acantha Montilla & García, 2016
- Coptera alticeps (Kieffer, 1911)
- Coptera angulata Muesebeck, 1980
- Coptera anka Krogmann, et al., 2018
- Coptera ateles Montilla & García, 2016
- Coptera campanada Montilla & García, 2016
- Coptera cingulatae
- Coptera crassicornis (Kieffer, 1911)
- Coptera tonic Ericson & Forbes, 2020
References
edit- ^ a b c "Coptera Say, 1836". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Ericson, Hannah C.; Forbes, Andrew A. (2020-11-05). "Description of the new species Coptera tonic (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae), a pupal parasitoid of Rhagoletis juniperina Marcovitch (Diptera, Tephritidae), and revised partial keys to Nearctic Coptera Say". ZooKeys (985): 49–60. Bibcode:2020ZooK..985...49E. doi:10.3897/zookeys.985.56974. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7661480. PMID 33223874.