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Goniozus aethiops Evans

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Bethylidae; Subfamily: Bethylinae;  Genus: Goniozus)

Goniozus aethiops Evans, 1976 in Gordh & Evans, 1976. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Ethiopia.

Distribution

Ethiopia.

Biology

 Parasitoid of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) (Gelechiidae).

Reference

Gordh, G., & H. E. Evans. 1976. A new species of Goniozus imported into California from Ethiopia for the biological control of pink bollworm and some notes on the taxonomic status of Parasierola and Goniozus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 78: 479-489.

Credits

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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