Psyttalia lounsburyi (Silvestri)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Opiinae; Genus: Psyttalia)

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoid of Tephritidae (Diptera) larvae.

Distribution

Kenya, Namibia, South Africa. Also Nearctic region (introduced).

References

Fischer, M. 1971. Index of entomophagous insects, Hym., Braconidae, World Opiinae. Le François, Paris, France. 189 pp.

Fischer, M. 1972. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae I) Das Tiereich 91, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xii + 620 pp.

Fischer, M. 1977. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae II-Amerika). Das Tiereich 91, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xxvii + 1001 pp

Fischer, M. 1987. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae III-äthiopische, orientalische, autralische und oceanische Region. Das Tierreich 104, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xv + 734 pp.

Silvestri, F. 1913. Viaggio in Africa per cercare parassiti di mosche dei frutti. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria, Portici 8:1-164.

Credits

Photographs by Chante Powell © Iziko Museums of South Africa, or © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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