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Nixonia atra Masner

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Platygastroidea; Family Platygastridae; Subfamily: Scelioninae, Genus: Nixonia)

Nixonia atra Masner 1970. Holotype: in USNM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Type locality: Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls.

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Masner, L. 1970. A new  species of Nixonia Masner from Rhodesia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72:90-93.

Credits

Photographs © Norman Johnson (Ohio State University Collection).
 

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