Distribution
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Asia Minor, Egypt, South Africa, Yemen, Zimbabwe. |
Biology |
Prey on spiders in several families as koinobiont ectoparastoids of the host spider that recovers normal beahviour after being stung and having an egg laid on it. |
References |
Arnold, G. 1934.
New African Hymenoptera No. 2. Occasional Papers of the Rhodesian Museum 3: 18-28.
Arnold, G. 1936. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part V. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18: 73–12.
Arnold, G. 1937. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part VII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19: 1-98.
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Credits
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Photographed in Wolseley, Western Cape, South Africa.
Photographs © Alan Manson https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73600078 |
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