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Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily Chalcidoidea; Family Pteromalidae; Subfamily: Ormocerinae; Genus: Trichilogaster)

Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae (Froggatt 1892).

Distribution

Afrotropical: South Africa (introduced). Australasian: Australia

Biology

Phytophagous gall former on Acacia longifolia and Acacia melanoxylon (Mimosoidea)

Reference

Froggatt, W.W. 1892. Notes on Australian Cynipidae, with descriptions of several new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2). 7(1): 152-156.

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