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Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Torymidae; Subfamily: Monodontomerinae; Genus: Monodontomerus)

Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood, 1833.

Distribution

Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Palaearctic regions.

Biology

Parasitoid of solitray bees and wasps.

Reference

Westwood, J.O. 1883. Further descriptions of insects infesting figs. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883: 29-47, plts iv-x.

Credits

Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA).

 

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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