| Leptofoenus | |
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| Leptofoenus rufus (female) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Pteromalidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptofoeninae |
| Genus: | Leptofoenus Smith, 1862 |
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Leptofoenus is a genus of wasp in the family Pteromalidae, the type genus subfamily Leptofoeninae found in South, Central, and southern North America.[1][2] The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[1] With body sizes ranging from −-380 millimetres (−0.63 in) Leptofoenus species are larger than nearly all other species in Pteromalidae.[1] The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae.[1]
All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America.