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Tetrodontochelys Richards

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

Tetrodontochelys Richards 1939. Type species: Tetrodontochelys ljunghii Westwood 1833.

Classification

 

Tetrodontochelys afer Olmi, 1984

 

Tetrodontochelys nigrior Olmi, 1984

 

Tetrodontochelys obscurus Olmi, 1984

 

Tetrodontochelys orchreus Olmi, 1984

 

Tetrodontochelys rubripes Olmi, 1984

 

Tetrodontochelys varipes (Brues, 1906)

 

Tetrodontochelys zairensis Olmi, 1984

Distribution

Afrotropical, Australian, Nearctic, Oriental &  Palearctic regions

Biology

Hosts: Cicadellidae, except for Idiocerinae, Macropsinae, Typhlocybina

References

Richards O. W. 1939. The British Bethylida (s.i.) (Hymenoptera). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 89: 185-344.

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