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?Chalinus oberthueri (Saussure)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Orussoidea; Family: Orussidae; Genus: Chalinus)

Oryssus oberthueri Saussure 1890. Holotype: depository unknown. Type locality: Unknown

?Chalinus oberthueri (Saussure) Species inquirendae (Vilhelmsen 2001)

Distribution

Chalinus_oberthueri_distribution

Madagascar or Reunion

Biology

Unknown, but presumably a parasitoid of wood-boring insect larvae.

References

 Saussure, H. de. 1890. Histoire naturelle des hyménoptéres. In Grandidier: Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, vol 20. L'Imprimerie Nationale, Paris.

Vilhelmsen, L. 2001. Systematic revision of the genera Chalinus Konow, 1897 and Mocsarya Konow, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Orussidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 32: 361-380.

Vilhelmsen, L. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera), a basal parasitic wasp taxon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 337-418.

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