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Oopristus Steffan

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Torymidae, Subfamily: Toryminae)

Oopristus Steffan 1968. Type species: Oopristus safavii Steffan 1968.

 

 

Oopristus turkestanicus (Skriptshinsky, 1929)

 

 

Distribution

Oopristus_map

Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Uzbekistan

Biology

Hosts: Apodiphus amygdali (Pentatomidae), Pentatomidae (pentatomid), Pentatomidae (Sarju eremica)

Reference

Steffan, P. R. 1968. Observations sur Chalcedectus sinaiticus (Ms.) et descriptions de C. balachowskyi sp.n. (Hym. Chalcedtidae) et d'Oopristus safavii gen.n., sp.n. (Hym. Torymidae), deux parasites d'importance économique en Iran. Entomophaga.13(3):209-216.

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