Megaphragma caribea

{{Short description|Species of wasp}}

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| genus = Megaphragma

| species = caribea

| authority = Delvare, 1993

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Megaphragma caribea is a species of wasp.{{Cite web|url=https://eol.org/pages/1072844|title = Megaphragma caribea Delvare 1993 - Encyclopedia of Life}} It has been found acting as an egg parasitoid of Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis and Selenothrips rubrocinctus, which live on the plant Terminalia catappa in Colombia. It has a body length of only 181–224 μm. {{cite journal |last1=Polilov |first1=Alexey A. |title=First record of Megaphragma (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) in Colombia, and third animal species known to have anucleate neurons |journal=Journal of Hymenoptera Research |date=30 October 2017 |volume=60 |pages=181–185 |doi=10.3897/jhr.60.19907 |url=https://jhr.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=19907 |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=en |issn=1314-2607|doi-access=free }}

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Category:Trichogrammatidae

Category:Insects described in 1993

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