Phaenoglyphis Foerster , 1869
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Phaenoglyphis Foerster , 1869 |
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Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Figitidae
Remarks.
Not uncommon in South Africa.
Diagnosis.
Similar to Alloxysta , but usually with a habitus more resembling other figitids. Easily recognised among charipines through the possession of a mesopleural carina.
Distribution.
Worldwide, but most abundant in Holarctic. Afrotropical records: South Africa ( Gaston et al. 2003). Seemingly introduced.
Biology.
Hyperparasitoids attacking aphelinid and aphidiine wasps on aphids ( Kierych 1979; Quinlan and Evenhuis 1980; Fergusson 1986).
Species richness.
Phaenoglyphis villosa (Hartig, 1841) ( Xystus ) (South Africa; this species is widespread throughout the world (Pujade-Villar et al. 2007)
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