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Nixonia gigas Johnson & Masner

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

Nixonia gigas Johnson & Masner 2006. Holotype: in South African National Collection of Insects. Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape Province, The Baths South of Citrusdal, 32°44.0449'S 19°02.3369'E

 

Distribution

Afrotropical region: South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

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

Credits

 Photographs © Norman Johnson (Ohio State University Collection).
 

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