Fidiobia benjamini (Nixon)

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Platystasius benjamini Nixon, 1969: 445, 449 (original description, keyed).

Fidiobia benjamini (Nixon): Masner and Huggert 1989: 69 (generic transfer); Vlug 1995: 24 (catalogued, type information).

Material examined.

Holotype: Kenya • ♀; Kangaita; 26.i.1967; ex Entypotrachelus micans on tea; CIEA2853 (NHMUK):

Paratypes: Kenya • 2♀♀; same data as holotype (NHMUK)

Biology.

Egg parasitoid of Entypotrachelus micans Hustache, 1929 ( Coleoptera, Curculionidae) on tea, Camellia sinensis (Nixon 1969).

Distribution.

Kenya (Nixon 1969).