Cryptanusia Girault

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Encyrtidae; Subfamily: Tetracneminae)

Cryptanusia Girault,1917

Distribution

Australasian and Oriental regions. Introduced to South Africa.

Biology

Parasitoids of mealybugs (Pseudococcidae, Hemiptera).

Reference

Girault, A.A. 1917. Descriptions hymenopterorum chalcidoidicarum variorum cum observationibus. V. 16pp. Private publication. Glenndale, Maryland.

Credits

Photographs © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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