Photographs © Alain Roques (INRA, France). |
Distribution
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Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia. |
Biology
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Reared from seeds of
Juniperus procera (Cupressaceae).
Photograph
© Robert Copeland (ICIPE, Kenya). |
References
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Bouček, Z. 1978.
A study of the non-podagrionine Torymidae with enlarged hind femora, with a key
to the African genera (Hymenoptera). Journal
of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 41: 91-134.
Grissell, E.E. &
Prinsloo, G.L. 2001. Seed-feeding species of Megastigmus
(Hymenoptera: Torymidae) associated with Anacardiaceae. Journal of
Hymenoptera Research, 10: 271-279.
Hussey, N. W. 1956.
A new genus of African Megastigminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Proceedings
of the Royal Entomological Society London (B) 25: 157-162. Roques A, Copeland
RS, Soldati L, Denux O, Auger-Rozenberg M-A 2016.
Megastigmus seed chalcids (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) radiated much more on
Angiosperms than previously considered. I- Description of 8 new species from
Kenya, with a key to the females of Eastern and Southern Africa. ZooKeys
585: 51–124. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.585.7503
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Credits
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Photographs © Alain Roques (INRA, France) or Robert Copeland (ICIPE,
Kenya). Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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