Distribution
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Burkina Faso,
Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Also
Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical regions. |
Biology |
Ectoparasitoids of nymphal crickets (Gryllidae). |
Reference |
Arnold, G. 1935. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian
region. Part IV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15: 413-483, 34 figs.
Cameron, P. 1887. Insecta. Hymenoptera (Families
Tenthredinidae –Chrysididae). Vol. 1. Biologia Centrali-Americana 33:
1–487.
Lohrmann, V. & Ohl, M. 2007. The wasp genus Olixon Cameron
in Madagascar: first record and description of two new species (Hymenoptera:
Rhopalosomatidae). Zootaxa 1465: 39-46.
Townes, H.
1977. A revision of the Rhopalosomatidae
(Hymenoptera). Contributions of the Entomological Institute 15: 1-34. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Victor Kolyada (Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.
Petersburg); or Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa); or Volker
Lohrmann (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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