Distribution
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Benin, Central African Republic,
Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria.
Also Palaearctic region:
Israel, Tunisia.
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Biology
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Unknown, but presumably a
parasitoid of wood-boring insect larvae.
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References
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Kraus,
M. 1998. Die Orussidae Europas und des Nahen Ostens (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Pp.
283-300 in Taeger & Blank: Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands 367 pp., 8 pl.
Goecke & Evers, Keltern.
Vilhelmsen,
L. 2001. Systematic revision of the genera
Chalinus
Konow, 1897 and Mocsarya Konow, 1897
(Hymenoptera, Orussidae).
Insect
Systematics & Evolution 32:
361-380.
Vilhelmsen,
L. 2003.
Phylogeny
and classification of the Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera), a basal parasitic
wasp taxon. Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society 139: 337-418.
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Credits
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Photographs © Lars Vilhelmsen (Natural History
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Next genus: Leptorussus
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