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Philotrypesis quadrisetosa (Westwood)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Pteromalidae; Subfamily: Sycoryctinae; Tribe: Philotrypesini; Genus: Philotrypesis)

Sycoscaptella 4-setosa Westwood 1883. Lectotype in Hope Department, Oxford University, Oxford. Type locality: Sri Lanka

 

Distribution

Philotrypesis quadrisetosa_map

India (Karnataka, Kerala), Sri Lanka

Biology

Host: Kradibia gestroi

Reference

Westwood, J.O. 1883. Further descriptions of insects infesting figs. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883: 29-47, plts iv-x.

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