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Species Mengenilla australiensis Kifune & Hirashima, 1983

  • Mengenilla australiensis Kifune, T. & Hirashima, Y. 1983. Records of the Strepsiptera from Australia and Sri Lanka in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, with the descriptions of four new species (Notulae Strepsipterologicae—XI). Esakia 20: 157-165 [157].
    Type data:
     Holotype USNM adult, 8 km N Kulgera, NT.
    Paratype(s) USNM adult.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Endemic, W plateau, NT; known only from type locality.


Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Captured at light (female unknown).