Distribution
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Madagascar
or Reunion.
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Biology
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Unknown, but presumably a
parasitoid of wood-boring insect larvae.
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Comments
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Saussure (1890)
illustrated a specimen which he named Oryssus oberthueri; apparently, no
proper written description was ever published, and no material has been
associated with it. Judging from the illustrations, the species was tentatively
transferred to Chalinus by Vilhelmsen (2001). However, given the absence
of material, he also considered it to be a doubtful species and listed it as ?Chalinus
oberthueri (Saussure, 1890) species inquirenda. |
References
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Saussure,
H. de. 1890. Histoire naturelle des hyménoptéres. In Grandidier: Histoire
physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, vol 20. L'Imprimerie
Nationale, Paris.
Vilhelmsen,
L. 2001. Systematic revision of the genera
Chalinus
Konow, 1897 and Mocsarya Konow, 1897
(Hymenoptera, Orussidae).
Insect
Systematics & Evolution 32:
361-380.
Vilhelmsen,
L. 2003.
Phylogeny
and classification of the Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera), a basal parasitic
wasp taxon. Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society 139: 337-418.
Vilhelmsen,
L.
2004. The old wasp and the tree: fossils, phylogeny and biogeography in the Orussidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
82: 139-160.
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