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Species Lychnocolax ovatus Bohart, 1951

  • Lychnocolax ovatus Bohart, R.M. 1951. The Myrmecolacidae of the Philippines (Strepsiptera). Wasmann Journal of Biology 9: 83-103 [101].
    Type data:
     Holotype CMNH adult, Davao, Tagum, Maco, Mindanao, Philippines.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

N coastal, NT; also Philippines, Indonesia, Sabah.


Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic, host (unknown), male—volant, parasitoid.

 

General References

Kathirithamby, J. 1993. Descriptions of Strepsiptera (Insecta) from southeast Asia, with a checklist of the genera and species occurring in the region. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 41(2): 173-201

Kathirithamby, J. 1993. Myrmecolacidae (Strepsiptera) from Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 859-873