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Mateucharis glabra Boucek & Watsham

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family:Eucharitidae; Subfamily: Eucharitinae; Genus: Mateucharis)

Mateucharis glabra Boucek & Watsham, 1982: 156, figs. 1-2. Holotype: in British Museum of Natural History, London. Type locality: Chishawasha near Harare (=Salisbury), Zimbabwe

Distribution

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Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal)

Biology

Eggs laid on leaves of introduced grape Vitis sp., (Vitaceae) and the native Parinari curiratellifooloa (Chrysobalancaceae).

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