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Olixon saltator (Arnold)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Rhopalosomatidae; Genus: Olixon)

Psyllosphex saltator Arnold 1935. Type in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: Durban (South Africa).

Distribution

 South Africa.

Biology

 Unknown.

Reference

Arnold, G. 1935. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part IV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 413-483, 34 figs.

Townes, H. 1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the Entomological Institute 15: 1-34.

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