First host record and description of female Halictophagus calcaratus Pasteels (Strepsiptera: Insecta) from South Africa
The strepsipteran, Halictophagus calcaratus, was described from South Africa by Pasteels in 1958, but no host record/s or females were included. Here we record that H. calcaratus parasitizes the cicadellid, Molopopterus theae Theron 1978, an important pest of the commercially produced shrub, Aspalat...
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Entomological Society of Southern Africa
2010
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