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Chalcedectus prolixus Gibson

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Chalcedectidae; Genus: Chalcedectus)

 

Chalcedectus prolixus Gibson, 2026. Holotype ♀ in CNC on long term loan from QSBG. Type locality: THAILAND, Lampang, Chae Son NP Youthcamp, 18°49.826´N 99°28.256´E, 455m, Malaise trap, 21-28.iv.2008, B. Kwannui & A. Sukpeng leg., T5417.

Distribution

Laos, Thailand.

Biology

Unknown, but probably a parasitoid of wood-boring beetle larva.

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

Photographs © Gary Gibson (CNC, Ottawa, Canada).
 

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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