Distribution
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Madagascar, Mozambique,
Senegal. |
Biology
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Five specimens collected by B. Sigwald in 1962
emerged from lycaenid cocoons on Crotalaria sp. (Leguminosae);
three of these cocoons were situated inside pods (Rousse et al. 2013). |
References
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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
Rousse, P.,
Villemant, C. & Seyrig, A. 2013.
Ichneumonid wasps from Madagascar.
VI. The genus Pristomerus (Hymenopetra: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae).
European Journal of Taxonomy 49: 1-38.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.49
Tosquinet,
J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides.
Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5: 1-430.
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Credits
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Photographs by Agnièle Touret-Alby ©
MNHN (specimens database http://coldb.mnhn.fr).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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