Distribution
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Mainly pantropical
but extending into the southern Nearctic and the southeastern
Palaearctic. Afrotropical records: Democratic Republic of Congo,
Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe (Ros-Farré &
Pujade-Villar 2006); South Africa (van Noort et al). |
Biology |
Parasitoid of
aphidivorous Brachycera larvae (Syrphidae) (Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar
2006). |
References |
Ros-Farré P, Pujade-Villar J
2006. Revision of the genus Prosaspicera Kieffer, 1907 (Hym,
Figitidae: Aspicerinae). Zootaxa 1379: 1–102.
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015.
Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353
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Credits
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)
Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.
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