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Trichopria stomoxydis Huggert

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

Trichopria stomoxydis Huggert, 1977: 205. Holotype female in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK). Type locality: Uganda, no specific locality.

Distribution

Mauritius, Uganda.

Biology

Host: ex pupa of Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) and Stomoxys nigra Macquart, 1851 from cut elephant grass (Muscidae, Diptera).

References

Huggert L. 1977. Descriptions and redescriptions of species of the genus Trichopria Ashm., 1893 from Malagasy and the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea: Diapriidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 8: 205-217.

Madl M. 2015. A catalogue of the families Ceraphronidae, Megaspilidae (Ceraphronoidea), Diapriidae (Diaprioidea) and Proctotrupidae (Proctotrupoidea) of the Malagasy subregion (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Linzer Biologische Beitraege 47(1): 621–652.

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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