Distribution
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Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania. Also Palaearctic
region: Egypt, Italy |
Biology
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Host records: Maliarpha separatella Ragonot (Lepidoptera:
Pyralidae) on rice; unidentified lycaenid cocoons on Crotalaria
sp. (Fabaceae); Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera:
Plutellidae) on Brassica sp.; Raghuva sp. (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae); Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae);
unknown hosts on Crotalaria glauca, C. goveensis,
Teramnus buettneri and Tephrosia bracteolata (Fabaceae), and
on Gossypium sp. (Malvaceae) (Rousse & van Noort, 2015). |
References
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Kriechbaumer
1884.
Roccolte imenotterologiche nell'Africa orientale. Bollettino della
Societa Entomologica Italiana. 15: 241-253.
Magretti P. 1884.
Risultati di raccolte imenotterologiche nell’Africa Orientale.
Annali Museo Civico di Storia Naturale
26: 523–531.
Rousse,
P. & van Noort, S. 2015.
Revision of the Afrotropical species of
Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with description of 31 new species.
European Journal of Taxonomy
124: 1-129.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.124 |
Credits
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Photographs ©
Pascal Rousse (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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Next genus: Ricrena |
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