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Pseudotorymus species

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

Pseudotorymus species. Specimen in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC).

 

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Pseudotorymus_sp_ex_Trichilogaster Pseudotorymus_sp_ex_Trichilogaster

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Parasitoid of Trichilogaster acacialongifoliae (Pteromalidae) galling Acacia longifolia.

References

Masi, L. 1921. Spolia hymenopteroloica. Annali de Museo Civico Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. Genova 49: 235-241.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)

Specimen donated to Iziko by Ruan Veldtman (SANBI, Cape Town)

 

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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