Family MONOMACHIDAE
Compiler and date details
N.B. Stevens, M. Iqbal & A.D. Austin, Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity and the Department of Applied and Molecular Ecology, Waite Campus, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Introduction
This small family occurs in Australia, New Guinea and the Neotropical Region, including Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Mexico. Three species of Monomachus are described from Australia, from the moist regions of the east and south-west (Naumann 1985, 1991). The adults are active in the cooler months, and the females of one Australian species are known to oviposit in the eggs of Boreoides spp. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).
General References
Naumann, I.D. 1985. The Australian species of Monomachidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea), with a revised diagnosis of the family. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 261-274
Naumann, I.D. 1991. Hymenoptera. pp. 916-1000 in Naumann, I.D. (ed.). The Insects of Australia. Melbourne, Vic. : Melbourne University Press Vol. 2 pp. 543-1037