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Megastigmus zebrinus Grissell

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

Megastigmus zebrinus Grissell, 2006. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Travellers Rest (60 km NE Clanwilliam; 32°04’S 19°05’E) Western Cape, South Africa.

 

Distribution

 Australia. Introduced to South Africa.

Biology

Gall-former in seed capsules of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and has been reared from seed capsules of Syzygium cordatum.

Reference

Doganlar, M. & Hassan E. 2010. Review of Australian species of Megastigmus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) associated with Eucalyptus, with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 4(10): 5059-5120.

Grissell, E.E. 2006. A new species of Megastigmus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), galling seed capsules of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnhardt (Myrtaceae) in South Africa and Australia. African Entomology 14(1): 88-92.

Credits

 Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).
 

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