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Chalcedectus madagascarensis Gibson
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda;
Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Chalcedectidae; Genus: Chalcedectus)
Chalcedectus madagascarensis
Gibson, 2026. Holotype ♀ in San Francisco (CASC). Type locality: MADAGASCAR: Province Diego-Suarez, brushy area, 1 km W of Sakalava Beach, elev 30 m, 23-27.I.2001; 12°15’59”S, 49°23’42”E, M.E. Irwin, E.I. Schlinger & R. Harin’Hala collectors, malaise trap, MA-01-04A-02. |
Distribution
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Madagascar.
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Biology
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Unknown, but probably a parasitoid of wood-boring beetle larva.
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References |
Cameron, P. 1884. Fam. Chalcididae. [continued]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Families
Tenthredinidae-Chrysididae.). 1:129-135.
Gibson, G.A.P. 2003,
Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International
16: 1-339.
van Noort S, Gibson GAP, Ranjith AP, Mitroiu M-D. 2026. Revision of Chalcedectidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions with description of eleven new species. Zootaxa 5781: 1-106. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5781.1.1 |
Credits
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Photographs © Gary Gibson (CNC, Ottawa, Canada).
Map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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