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Nixonia pretiosa Masner

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

Nixonia pretiosa Masner 1958. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: NAMIBIA: Okahandja.

 

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Namibia

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

Masner, L. 1958. An interesting new genus of Platygastridae from S.W. Africa (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society London (B) 27:101-104.

Credits

 Photographs © Norman Johnson (Ohio State University Collection).
 

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