Distribution
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Kenya, Somalia.
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Biology
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Predators of cockroach eggs. Evaniids oviposit into the
concealed egg cases (ootheca) and the larvae feed on the eggs and pupate
inside the ootheca. Host species of cockroach (Blattodea) unknown. |
References
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Benoit, PLG. 1953. Trois nouveaux Evaniidae du Congo Belge
(Hymen). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 48:
257-260.
Deans, A.R. 2005. Annotated
catalog of the world's ensign wasp species (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae. Contributions
of the American Entomological Institute 34: 1-164.
Deans AR, Yoder MJ, Dole K. 2019.
Evanioidea Online - catalog of information about evanioid wasps
(Hymenoptera).
http://evanioidea.info
Mikó I, Copeland RS, Balhoff JP, Yoder MJ, Deans AR 2014.
Folding Wings like a Cockroach: A Review of Transverse Wing Folding
Ensign Wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae: Afrevania and
Trissevania). PLoS ONE 9(5): e94056.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094056 |
Credits
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Photographs © Istvan
Mikó (Frost Entomological Museum, Pennsylvania, USA). |
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