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Xenarcha (Pseudophanomeris) inopinatus (Belokobylskij)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Exothecinae; Genus: Xenarcha)

Colastes inopinatus Belokobylskij, 2000.

Pseudophanomeris inopinatus (Belokobylskij, 2000).

Classification

Biology

 Parasitoid of the larvae of the Olive Flea beetles: Argopistes sexvittatus and Argopistes capensis (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) developing as leafminers on wild and cultivated Olives.

Distribution

South Africa.

References

Белокобыльский, С.А., 2000. Новые таксоны браконид подсем. Exothecinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) из тропиков и субтропиков Старого Света. 2. Энтомологическое обозрение, 79(1), pp.180-203. [Belokobylskij S.A. 2000. A NEW TAXA OF BRACONIDS OF THE SUBFAMILY EXOTHECINAE (HYMENOPTERA, EXOTHECINAE) FROM THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS OF THE OLD WORLD].

Belokobylskij SA, Ku D 2025. Genera Colastes Haliday, Colastinus Belokobylskij, and Xenarcha Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Exothecinae) from the Korean Peninsula with a discussion on the Exothecinae genus and subgenus composition. ZooKeys 1236: 141-183. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1236.148928.

Credits

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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