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Chalcedectus species

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

 

Chalcedectus species (= Amotura Cameron, 1884). Specimen in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC).

Distribution

Central African Republic.

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.

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
 

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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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