Title
Revision of world species of the genus Nixonia Masner (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Scelionidae)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Revision of Nixonia
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3518
By
Johnson, Norman F.
Masner, Lubomir
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2006
Notes
Title from caption.
"July 31, 2006."
"The world fauna of the genus Nixonia is revised. The genus is described, its relationships with other scelionids are discussed, and a key to world species is presented. Nixonia pretiosa Masner (Namibia) and N. atra Masner (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe) are redescribed, and 12 new species are described: N. bini, new species (Somalia), N. corrugata, new species (South Africa), N. elongata, new species (South Africa), N. flavocincta, new species (Namibia), N. gigas, new species (South Africa), N. krombeini, new species (India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam), N. lamorali, new species (South Africa), N. pecki, new species (Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe), N. priesneri, new species (Egypt), N. sicaria, new species (Namibia), N. stygica, new species (South Africa), and N. watshami, new species (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe). The only host record for the genus is for N. watshami, which been reared from the eggs of Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Hetrodinae) in Botswana and Namibia. The phylogenetic relationships among the species are discussed"--P. [1].
Subjects
Acanthoplus discoidalis
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Africa
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Asia
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Classification
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Insects
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Nixonia
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Parasites
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Parasitic insects
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parasitic wasps
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Phylogeny
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3518, 2006
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3518[1:ROWSOT]2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
70805239
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