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Goniozus natalensis Gordh

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Bethylidae; Subfamily: Bethylinae;  Genus: Goniozus)

Goniozus natalensis Gordh, 1986. Holotype: in National Collection of Insects, Pretoria (BMNH). Type locality: Ngwavuma, Kosi Estuary Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

Distribution

Botswana, Malawi, South Africa.

Biology

Parasitoid of sugar cane borer Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (Gordh, 1986)

Reference

Gordh, G. 1986. A new species of Goniozus Foerster 1851 from southern Africa parasitizing sugar cane borer, Eldana saccharina Walker, and taxonomic notes on species of the genus in Africa (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae; Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of
Southern Africa. 49: 257–265.

Credits

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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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