Rhoophilus Mayr

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

Rhoophilus Mayr 1881

Type species: Rhoophilus loewi Mayr 1881

	Rhoophilus loewi
Distribution	Afrotropical: South Africa: Western and Northern Cape Provinces.
Biology	Inquiline forming secondary cells in galls induced by Scyrotis species (Cecidosidae) on Rhus (Anacardiacaea) species. The larval cells expand into the hollow interior of the host gall resulting in death of the gall inducing moth larva.
Reference	Mayr, G. 1881. Die genera der gallenbewohnenden Cynipiden. Jahresberichte der Rossauer Communal Oberrealschule im I. Bezirke 20:1–38 van Noort, S., Stone, G.N., Whitehead, V.B. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L. 2007. Biology of Rhoophilus loewi (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae), with implications for the evolution of inquilinism in gall wasps. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 153-172.
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