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Dryinus grobbelaarae Olmi

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Dryinidae; Subfamily: Dryininae; Genus: Dryinus)

Dryinus grobbelaarae Olmi 2006. Holotype: female in National Collection of Insects, Pretoria. Type locality: Guernsey farm, near Klaserie, 24°28.8’S 31°05.4’E, 550 m, South Africa.
Distribution South Africa.
Biology Parasitoid of Homoptera on Acacia nilotica.

References

Olmi, M. 2006. A catalogue of Dryinidae and Embolemidae of South Africa, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera Chrysidodea). Frustula entomologica (2005)(N.S.) vol. 28-29 (41-42): 1-57.

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