Distribution
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South
Africa (Introduced). An Australian (Queensland) species iIntroduced to South Africa
(Pretoria) probably by accidental
man induced dispersal or ecesis (migratory establishment) via a widely
distributed mealybug on an equally widespread host plant
(Gerhard Prinsloo, pers.comm. 2010).
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Biology |
Unknown, but probably a parasitoid of mealybugs
(Pseudococcidae, Hemiptera). |
Reference |
Girault, A.A.. 1926. Notes and
descriptions of Australian chalcid-flies. V. Insecutor Inscitiae
Menstruus. 14:127-133. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Vida van der Walt or Charissa de Lange (Pretoria).
Map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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