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Pseudogonatopus similis (Brues)

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

Gonatopus similis Brues 1906. Holotype: female in Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee. Type locality: Algoa Bay, South Africa.

Pseudogonatopus mauritianus Williams, 1956. Holotype:  Type locality: Palmyre, Mauritius.
   

Distribution

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Gambia, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa.

Biology

Hosts: in Mauritius: Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkl. and Dicranotropis muiri Kirk. (Williams 1956)Parasites: in Mauritius Cheiloneurus gonatopodis R.C.L. Perkins (Encyrtidae) (Williams 1956).

Reference

Brues C.T., 1906a. Descriptions of parasatic Hymenoptera from Cape Colony. Bull. Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3): 103-112.

Olmi M., 1984. A Revision of The Dryinidae (Hymenoptera). Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst., 37: 947-1913.

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