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Phanacis hypochoeridis (Kieffer)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Cynipoidea;  Family: Cynipidae; Subfamily: Cynipinae; Genus: Phanacis)

Phanacis hypochoeridis (Kieffer 1887)

Distribution

Western Palaeartic including North Africa; Nearctic: USA and Canada (Introduced); Neotropical: Argentina (Introduced); Australasia: Australia (Introduced); Afrotropical: South Africa: Western Cape Province and Eastern Cape Province (Introduced)
Biology

Gall former in stalks of Hypochaeris radicata L. (Asteraceae)

Reference

 Melika, G. & Prinsloo, G.L. 2007. Phanacis neserorum sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aylacini): first record of a phytophagous Afrotropical cynipoid gall wasp. African Entomology 15: 185-191.

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