Phaenoglyphis Foerster , 1869

Noort, Simon van, Buffington, Matthew L. & Forshage, Mattias, 2015, Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera), ZooKeys 493, pp. 1-176 : 47-48

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Figitidae

Phaenoglyphis Foerster, 1869

Remarks.

Not uncommon in South Africa.

Diagnosis.

Similar to Alloxysta , but usually with a habitus more resembling other figitids. Easily recognised among charipines through the possession of a mesopleural carina.

Distribution.

Worldwide, but most abundant in Holarctic. Afrotropical records: South Africa ( Gaston et al. 2003). Seemingly introduced.

Biology.

Hyperparasitoids attacking aphelinid and aphidiine wasps on aphids ( Kierych 1979; Quinlan and Evenhuis 1980; Fergusson 1986).

Species richness.

Phaenoglyphis villosa (Hartig, 1841) ( Xystus ) (South Africa; this species is widespread throughout the world (Pujade-Villar et al. 2007)