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Leptomastix abyssinica
Compere, 1931 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Africa. Also Nearctic: USA)
Leptomastix africana
Anga & Noyes,
1999
(South Africa)
Leptomastix dactylopii
Howard, 1885 (Benin,
Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia,
Zimbabwe. Worldwide)
Leptomastix digitariae
Risbec, 1959 (Madagascar)
Leptomastix flava
Mercet, 1921 (Senegal. Also Palaearctic region)
Leptomastix herreni
Anga & Noyes,
1999
(South Africa)
Leptomastix hibiscusae
Risbec, 1959 (Madagascar)
Leptomastix jonesi
Noyes, 1999 (South
Africa)
Leptomastix nigra
Compere, 1938 (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)
Leptomastix nigrocincta
Risbec, 1959 (Madagascar, Togo, Zambia. Also Oriental region)
Leptomastix nigrocoxalis
Compere, 1928 (Madagascar, Senegal,
South Africa, Sudan. Also Australasian, Oriental and Palaearctic
regions)
Leptomastix tsukumiensis
Tachikawa, 1963 (Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria,
Somalia, South Africa,
Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also Oriental, Palaearctic
regions)
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Leptomastix
species
(Tanzania) |
Distribution
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Benin,
Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Madagascar, Malawi,
Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Worldwide. |
Biology |
Parasitoids of Coccidae, Dactylopiidae, Eriococcidae and Pseudococcidae
(Hemiptera). |
References |
Annecke, D.P. & Insley, H.P. 1971.
Catalogue of Ethiopian Encyrtidae and Aphelinidae. Entomology Memoir
of the Department of Agricultural Technical Services of the Republic of
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Boucek, Z. 1988.
Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). A biosystematic revision of
genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. pp.
832pp. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, U.K., Cambrian News Ltd;
Aberystwyth, Wales.
Gibson G.A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655).
In
GOULET, H. & HUBER,
J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families.
Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Gibson, G.A.P., Huber, J.T., Woolley,
J.B. (Editors) 1997. Annotated keys to the genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) :794pp National Research Council Research
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Huber, J., Woolley, J.B., Krogmann, L., Heydon, S., Polaszek, A., Schmidt, S.,
Darling, D.C., Gates, M.W., Mottern, J., Murray, E., Dal Molin, A., Triapitsyn,
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phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera).
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Iwabuchi K.
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0958-2_2
Noyes, J.S. & Prinsloo, G.L. 1998.
A review of the Afrotropical and Malagasy taxa of Encyrtidae
(Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) described by J. Risbec (1949-1959).
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 34(1): 71-97.
Prinsloo, G.L. 1983. A
parasitoid-host index of Afrotropical Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea). Entomology Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture,
Republic of South Africa 60: 1-35.
Prinsloo, G.L. 1997.
Parasitoids. Encyrtidae. World Crop Pests 7B:78-85
Prinsloo, G.L. & D.P. Annecke. 1979. A key to the
genera of Encyrtidae from the Ethiopian region, with descriptions of
three new genera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal of the
Entomological Society of Southern Africa 42: 349-382. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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