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Macrorileya

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

Macrorileya Ashmead 1900

Macrorileya species

Distribution

Afrotropical: Madagascar, South Africa. Nearctic: USA

Biology

Parasitoids of eggs of tree crickets (Gryllidae: Oecanthinae)

Reference

Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Order Hymenoptera. (In Smith: Catalogue of Insects of New Jersey) Annual Report of the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture. 27(Supplement): 510-613. State Board of Agriculture, New Jersey

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