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Mymaromma buyckxi Mathot

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Mymarommatoidea; Family: Mymarommatidae; Genus: Mymaromma)

Mymaromma buyckxi Mathot, 1966. Holotype in: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels (ISNB). Type locality: Congo.

Distribution

Congo, Gabon, Madagascar, Nigeria.

Biology

Probably a parasitoid of insect eggs.

References

Girault, A.A. 1920. New genera and species of chalcid-flies from Australia. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 8(1-3): 38.

Mathot, G. 1966. Contribution à la connaissance des Mymaridae et Mymarommatidae d'Afrique Centrale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 102: 213-239.

Meunier, F. 1901. Contribution à la faune des Mymaridae ou 'atomes ailés' de l'ambre. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 25: 282-292, 1 pl.

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Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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