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Psyllaephagus blastopsyllae Tamesse, Soufo,
Tchanatame, Dzokou, Gumovsky & Coninck
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda;
Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily:
Chalcidoidea; Family:
Encyrtidae; Subfamily: Encyrtinae; Genus:
Psyllaephagus)
Psyllaephagus blastopsyllae Tamesse, Soufo,
Tchanatame, Dzokou, Gumovsky & Coninck, 2014.
Holotype in: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (RMCA).
Type locality: "bois Sainte Anastasie", 11° 31’ N, 3°51’E,
altitude 759 m, Yaounde, Cameroon. |
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Photographs © J.L. Tamesse (University
of Yaounde) |
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Photographs © J.L. Tamesse (University
of Yaounde) |
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Photographs © S.J. Bush (University of
Pretoria) |
Photographs © J.L. Tamesse (University
of Yaounde) |
Distribution |
Cameroon,
South Africa.
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Biology |
Parasitoid of Blastopsylla occidentalis (Psyllidae,
Spondyliaspidinae).
Photographs of mummified hosts © J.L.
Tamesse (University of Yaounde) |
References |
Bush SJ, Slippers B, Neser S, Harney M, Dittrich-Schroder G &
Hurley BP. 2016. Six recently recorded Australian insects
associated with Eucalyptus in South Africa. African Entomology
24: 539 –544.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.024.0539
Tamesse JL, Soufo L,
Tchanatame EC, Dzokou VJ, Gumovsky A, De Coninck E. 2014.
Description of Psyllaephagus blastopsyllae sp.
n.(Encyrtidae), new species, endoparasitoid of Blastopsylla
occidentalis Taylor (Psyllidae, Spondyliaspidinae) in Cameroon.
J. Biodivers. Environ. Sci. 5:227-236. |
Credits |
Photographs © J.L. Tamesse (University
of Yaounde) or © S.J. Bush (University of Pretoria). |
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