Aquatic-edge-habitat
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Chalcis
Chalcis is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Chalcididae, characterized by greatly enlarged hind femora with ventral teeth and curved hind tibiae. Members of this genus are parasitoids of stratiomyid flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), ovipositing into host egg masses laid on emergent vegetation near water. The genus includes Chalcis sispes, the first chalcidid wasp to have its genome fully sequenced.