Colotrechinae Thomson

(associated with figs)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Pteromalidae)

Colotrechinae Thomson 1876

Podivna Bouček 1993

Based on head and fore leg morphology (which is similar to that of fig wasps) Bouček (1993) is of the opinion that this monotypical genus develops in figs.

Next genus: Comptoniella (Otitesellinae)

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