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Megastigmus thomensi (Hussey)

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

Eumegastigmus thomensi Hussey, 1956. Holotype in the Natural History Museum, London (NHML). Type locality: Wolhuitensenskop (mis-spelling) = Wolhuterskop, South Africa.

 

 

 

 

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Kenya, South Africa.

Biology

Reared form seeds of Ozoroa paniculosa, Ozoroa obovata, Lanea discolor (Anacardiaceae).

References

Boucek, Z. 1978. A study of the non-podagrionine Torymidae with enlarged hind femora, with a key to the African genera (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 41: 91-134.

Grissell, E.E. & Prinsloo, G.L. 2001. Seed-feeding species of Megastigmus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) associated with Anacardiaceae. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 10: 271-279.

Hussey, N. W. 1956. A new genus of African Megastigminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society London (B) 25: 157-162.

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