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Elisabethiella socotrensis (Mayr)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Agaonidae; Genus: Elisabethiella)

Blastophaga socotrensis Mayr, 1885. Holotype Natural History Museum Vienna. Type locality: Socotra Island (Yemen).

Blastophaga dyscritus Waterston, 1921.

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Distribution

 

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Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia.

Biology

Hosts: Ficus vasta; Ficus wakefieldii; Ficus natalensis natalensis; Ficus natalensis graniticola

References

Mayr, G. 1885. Feigeninsecten. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 35, 147-250.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum).

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Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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