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Grooca
Sureshan and Narendran
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda;
Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea;
Family:
Lyciscidae; Subfamily: Solenurinae)
Neoepistenia Sureshan and Narendran, 1995: 96; primary
homonym of Neoepistenia Hedqvist (1959: 194–196). Type species:
Neoepistenia coorgensis Sureshan and Narendran; by original designation and
monotypy.
Grooca Sureshan and Narendran, 1997: 175. Replacement name for
Neoepistenia Sureshan and Narendran.
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Distribution
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Botswana, Madagascar,
Mozambique,
Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda,
Zimbabwe.
Also Oriental region: India, Malaysia,
Philippines, Thailand. |
Biology
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Unknown. |
References
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Gibson, G.A.P. 2003,
Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International
16: 1-339.
Sureshan, P.M. and Narendran, T.C.
1995. A new genus of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from
Coorg, Karnataka. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
92: 96–99.
Sureshan, P.M. and Narendran, T.C. 1997. Grooca, a new
name for Neoepistenia Sureshan & Narendran (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History
Society 94: 175. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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