Distribution
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Worldwide.
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Biology
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Parasitoids of cockroach eggs. Female penetrates tough
cockroach egg case with her ovipositor and lays a single egg inside.
Larva eats cockroach eggs and pupates inside the case. On emerging from
the pupa, adult wasp chews an exit hole in the side of the case.
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References
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Cameron, E. 1957. On the parasites and predators of the
cockroach. II. Evania appendigaster (L.). Bulletin of
Entomological Research, 48:199-209.
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Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).
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