Distribution |
Botswana, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Madagascar,
South Africa.
Also in Nearctic and Neotropical regions. |
Biology |
Oooderella americana Gibson, 2017 was reared
from eggs of an unidentified species of Orchelimum Serville (Orthoptera:
Tettigoniidae) (greater meadow katydids) on Daucus carota L.
(Apiaceae) (wild carrot) (Gibson, 2017). |
References |
Ashmead, W.H. 1896.
On the genera of the Eupelminae. Proceedings of the Entomological
Society of Washington 4: 4–20.
Gibson, G.A.P. 1995.
Parasitic wasps of the subfamily Eupelminae: classification and
revision of world genera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae).
Memoirs on Entomology, International 5: 421 pp.
Gibson G.A.P. 2017.
Revision of world Ooderella Ashmead (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with description of the first males for
the genus. Zootaxa
4289: 1–74. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4289.1.1.
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Credits |
Photographs
© Lisa Bartels (AAFC, Ottawa). Map
illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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