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Trichopria lewisi Nixon

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Diaprioidea; Family: Diapriidae; Subfamily: Diapriinae; Genus: Trichopria)

Trichopria lewisi Nixon, 1940: 59. Holotype female (BMNH 9.706) in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK). Type locality: Kabete, Kenya.

Distribution

Kenya.

Biology

 Host: Glossina brevipalpis (Diptera).

References

Nixon G.E.J. 1940. A new African diapriid (Hym., Proctotrupoidea). Bulletin of Entomological Research 31 (1): 59-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300004806

Notton DG. 2014. A catalogue of types of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) at the Natural History Museum, London. European Journal of Taxonomy 75: 1-123.

Credits

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