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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 desposition unknown Type locality: Yemen-Socotra

Blastophaga dyscritus Waterston 1921(synonym)
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Distribution

 

 

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Socotra, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa

Biology

 Host: 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.

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