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Riekosiella Yoshimoto

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

Reikosiella Yoshimoto 1969. Type species: Riekosiella melina Yoshimoto by monotypy and original designation.

 

Reikosiella tsaratananae (Risbec,1952)

  Reikosiella species

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology

Parasitoids of possibly lepidopteran larva in concealed situations.

Reference

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

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