Distribution
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N. H., Miss., La., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Cosmopolitan.
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- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
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Comprehensive Description
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Spalangia cameroni Fullaway
Spalangia muscidarum var. texensis Girault, 1920, p. 213 [male; new synonymy].
This form was described from two male specimens, only one of which can now be found. Lectotype labeled: “Hunter No. 2970, B.18. Dallas, Tex., XI.24.12, Par. of Stomoxys calcitrans, Spalangia muscidarum texensis Girault ♂ type, Lectotype No. 20876 U.S.N.M.”
The lectotype is a specimen of S. cameroni Fullaway, not S. endius Walker, the species with which it has been synonymized by Bouček (1963, p. 458). Earlier, Peck (1951) placed it as a synonym of stomoxysiae Girault. Pronotum lacking anterior carinate margin, but with an isolated crossline of punctures just anterior to posterior margin; pronotum with lateral punctures crowded and rugose, a median, longitudinal dorsal groove extending from anterior border almost to punctate crossline; notaulices terminating in a pair of large pits; scutellum with a complete frenal crossline of punctures, scutellum smooth anterior to this.
- bibliographic citation
- Burks, B. D. 1969. "Species of Spalangia Latreille in the United States National Museum collection (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.2
Spalangia cameroni: Brief Summary
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Spalangia cameroni is a species of parasitic wasp in the genus Spalangia that feeds on houseflies. It has a lifecycle of 21–28 days, and is used as a biological pest control.
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