Araucania is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae, found in South America. There are at least two described species in Araucania. The genus Araucania Pate 1947 has been used for a single species of South American wasps in the family Sapygidae. This species was originally described under the genus name Laura (by Reed in 1930) but this name was already in use for a crustacean named in 1883. After Pate described this wasp genus, other authors named genera Araucania only to be forced in turn to replace those names. In 1993, Marsh used the name Araucania for a genus of two newly described species of South American wasps in the family Braconidae. This genus name has been accepted in recent literature. Species These two species belong to the genus Araucania in the family Braconidae: Araucania maculipennis Marsh, 1993 Araucania penai Marsh, 1993 References Further reading Parasitic wasps Braconidae Hymenoptera of South America