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Philolema
arachnovora
(Hesse, 1942)
(Cuba, Jamaica, Philippines, South Africa) |
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Philolema
arnoldi
(Waterston, 1926)
(Zimbabwe) |
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Philolema
bambeyi
(Risbec, 1951) (Senegal) |
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Philolema
braconidis
(Ferričre, 1929) (Afrotropical: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo,
Uganda; Oriental) |
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Philolema
syleptae
(Ferričre, 1931)
(Cameroon,
Congo, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone) |
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Distribution |
Afrotropical, Neotropical and Oriental regions. |
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Biology |
Egg parasitoids or hyper-parasitoids of spiders (Theridiidae)
and insects (Acrididae, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera). |
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References |
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A synopsis of the genera of the family Eurytomidae (Hym., Chalcidoidea).
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De Santis, L. 1989.
Catalogo de los Himenopteros Calcidoides (Hymenoptera) al sur de los Estados
Unidos, segundo suplemento. Catalogue of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) of
America south of the United States, second supplement. Acta Entomologica
Chilena 15: 9-90.
De Santis, L. 1979.
Catálogo de los himénopteros calcidoideos de América al sur de los Estados
Unidos. Publicación Especial Comisión de Investigaciones Cientificas
Provincia de Buenos Airies. 488pp.
Gates, M. & Delvare, G. 2008.
A new species of Eurytoma
(Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp.
(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with
a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist.
Zootaxa 175: 1–24.
Herting, B. 1971.
Arachnida to Heteroptera. A catalogue of parasites and predators of
terrestrial arthropods. Section A. Host or Prey/Enemy. 1: v+129pp.
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Slough, England
Hesse, A.J. 1942.
The insect-food and Hymenopterous parasites of the South African poisonous
'button spider' Latrodectus indistinctus Camb. Journal of the
Entomological Society of Southern Africa 5: 45-63.
Lotfalizadeh, H., Delvare, G., & Rasplus, J.-Y. 2007.
Phylogenetic analysis of Eurytominae (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) based
on morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean
Society, 151, 441–510.
Prinsloo, G.L. 1980.
Annotated records of economically important Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from
South Africa. I. Phytophylactica 12: 159-163.
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Credits
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Photographs © Simon van
Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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