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Nixonia corrugata Johnson & Masner

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

Nixonia corrugata Johnson & Masner 2006. Holotype: in Canadian National Collection of Insects: CNCI. Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape Province, The Baths, south of Citrusdal.
The baths, south of Citrusdal:

 
Nieuwoudtville National Botanical Garden:
 

Distribution

Afrotropical region: South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

References

Johnson, N.L & Masner, L. 2006. Revision of World Species of the Genus Nixonia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) American Museum Novitates 3518: 1-32.

van Noort, S. & Johnson, N. 2009. New species of the plesiomorphic genus Nixonia (Platygastridae, Hymenoptera) from South Africa. Zookeys 20: 31-51.

Credits

 Photographs  © Norman Johnson (Ohio State University Collection) (top five) or © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of CapeTown) (bottom six).
 

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