Latina

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Allotriocarida
Classis: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Eucharitidae
Genus: Latina
Species:
Name

Latina Koçak & Kemal, 2008

Synonyms

Laurella Heraty, 2002 [junior homonym]

References

Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2008: Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names in the order Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers, (143): 3–7. [15 October 2008] Internet Archive

Latina is a genus of South American chalcid wasps in the family Eucharitidae. There are four known species of Latina with three known in Argentina and one from Venezuela.

Originally the genus was named Laurella in 2002, but it turned out that the name had already been assigned to a genus of bee flies 30 years prior, and so the name Latina was adopted as a replacement, in honor of Latin America where the genus occurs.[1]
Biology

Like all members of the Euchratidae, Latina wasps are ant parasitoids. The wasp lays eggs on the undersides of leaves near the nests of Ponerine ants. Within a few days the eggs hatch into planidial larvae that are mobile and can leap. They enter the ant colony, most likely being carried by, or riding on, the ants. Once inside, they seek out ant larvae as hosts. There the planidia attach to ant host larvae or prepupae where they feed. On completing their development they emerge, leaving the remains of the ant larva.[2]
Species

Latina bonariensis - Argentina
Latina guriana - Venezuela
Latina rugosa - Argentina
Latina vianai - Argentina

References

Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. (2008). "Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names in the order Hymenoptera (Chalcidoidea)". Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara Miscellaneous Papers. 143: 3–7.
Torréns, Javier (2013). "A Review of the Biology of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Argentina". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2013: 1–14. doi:10.1155/2013/926572.