Distribution
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South
Africa. |
Biology
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Parasitoid of Phoracantha semipunctata
(Cerambycidae) accidentally introduced to South Africa from Australia. |
Reference
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Bouček, Z. 1976. African Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera): new
taxa, synonymies and combinations. Journal of the Entomological Society of
Southern Africa 39: 9–31.
Prinsloo, G.L. 2004. Oxysychus genualis (Walker)
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): first record of an indigenous parasitoid of the
introduced eucalyptus borer, Phoracantha semipunctata
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), in South Africa. African
Entomology 12: 271-274.
Walker, F. 1862. Notes on Chalcidites, and characters of
undescribed species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
(3)1: 345–397. |
Credits
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Images © Gerhard Prinsloo (ARC). |
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Next genus:
Oricoruna |
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