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Distribution |
Afrotropical region: South Africa. Widespread in Holarctic
region. |
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Biology |
No
host records exist. Hosts are expected to be saprophagous Brachycera
larvae, but these wasps appear less directly associated with decomposing
substrates like dung and carrion than many other figitines. |
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References |
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015.
Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2014.
Review of Afrotropical Figitinae (Figitidae, Cynipoidea, Hymenoptera) with the
first records of Neralsia and Lonchidia for the region.
ZooKeys 453: 37–69.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.453.8511
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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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Next genus: Neralsia |
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