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Mesocomys pauliani Ferrière

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Eupelmidae; Subfamily: Eupelminae; Genus: Mesocomys)

Mesocomys pauliani Ferrière, 1951. Holotype in Paris (MNHN). Type locality: Madagascar.

 

Classification

Distribution

Madagascar.

Biology

Egg parasitoid of Antherina suraka (Boisduval,1833) (Saturniidae).

References

Ashmead, W.H. 1896. On the genera of the Eupelminae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4: 4–20.

Cameron, P. 1905. On some new genera and species of Hymenoptera from Cape Colony and Transvaal. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 15: 195-257.
Ferrière, C. 1951. Parasites des oeufs d'un saturnide a Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (A) 5(2): 263-268.

Gibson, G.A.P. 1995. Parasitic wasps of the subfamily Eupelminae: classification and revision of world genera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International 5: 421 pp.

Credits

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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