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Orasema fraudulenta (Reichensperger)

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

Psilogaster fraudulentus Reichensperger 1913: 211-214. Holotype: in ZFMK. Type locality: Harrar, Ethiopa. Lectotype female designated by Heraty 1994. 

 

Distribution

Ethiopa, Yemen

Biology

 Assosiated with Myrmicinae Pheidole megacephala

Reference

Heraty, J.M. 1994. Classification and evolution of the Oraseminae in the Old World, including revision of two closely related genera of Eucharitinae (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum. 157:vii+174pp.

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