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<mods:title id="5F1CF058C60391B4857DF95EB692119F">New species of the plesiomorphic genus Nixonia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) from South Africa.</mods:title>
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<treatment id="DCF83ABDD7D71E8C4583139714DDEBE4" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6215219" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100117066" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6215219" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:DCF83ABDD7D71E8C4583139714DDEBE4" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DCF83ABDD7D71E8C4583139714DDEBE4" lastPageNumber="34" pageNumber="34">
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<taxonomicName id="F171F855421AFB01BFA958504AC5FCB0" ID-CoL="64JF" ID-ENA="1118689" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:523" authority="Masner" authorityName="Masner" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<pageBreakToken id="2491E67D213575B68832ACB0291E09C1" pageNumber="34">Nixonia</pageBreakToken>
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Masner
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<taxonomicName id="05C39BFA3C55EA2BA8EBBD50A9477AF4" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:523" authority="Masner, 1958: 101" authorityName="Masner" authorityPageNumber="101" authorityYear="1958" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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Nixonia
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<bibRefCitation id="F70142877B67C125B2D8CCB40F76618D" author="Masner L" firstAuthor="Masner" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B" page="101" pagination="101 - 104" refId="ref6296" refString="Masner L (1958) An interesting new genus of Scelionidae from S. W. Africa (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 27: 101 - 104." title="An interesting new genus of Scelionidae from S. W. Africa (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea)" volume="27" year="1958">Masner, 1958: 101</bibRefCitation>
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. Original description. Type:
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<taxonomicName id="58A541DB174562DDD8A4AD7389A9D133" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:4944" authority="Masner" authorityName="Masner" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia pretiosa Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pretiosa">Nixonia pretiosa Masner</taxonomicName>
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, by monotypy and original designation. For subsequent taxonomic literature see
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<bibRefCitation id="948A6090DF3BB2D88AC677041AA233E1" author="Johnson NF" firstAuthor="Johnson" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute" pagination="1 - 825" refId="ref6210" refString="Johnson NF (1992) Catalog of world Proctotrupoidea excluding Platygastridae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 51: 1 - 825." title="Catalog of world Proctotrupoidea excluding Platygastridae" volume="51" year="1992">Johnson(1992)</bibRefCitation>
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or The Genera of Platygastroidea of the World (http://purl.oclc.org/ NET/hymenoptera/platygastroidea).
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Diagnosis.
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<taxonomicName id="990301EFD1D77642FDFB11C6FE83D128" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:523" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nixonia</taxonomicName>
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is superficially similar to Scelio Latreille, and to the larger, more elongate species of Macroteleia Westwood and Triteleia Kieffer.
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<taxonomicName id="A6DC6B966D5F90315967EB82CC6E2A34" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:523" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nixonia</taxonomicName>
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is distinguished by the 14 segmented, nonclavate antennae; the strong medial propodeal tooth; and the presence of two tibial spurs on both the mid-and hind tibiae.
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Distribution.
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<taxonomicName id="5AAAEBBF2DB505D6ED03F5378B62798F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:523" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nixonia</taxonomicName>
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species richness is centered in southern Africa, but distribution extends north to Egypt, Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire). A single species,
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<taxonomicName id="7F1DC1CBF65C37886CA3940D99147B72" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184922" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia krombeini Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krombeini">N. krombeini</taxonomicName>
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, is found in Sri Lanka, northern India, and southeast Asia (Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam). See http://hol.osu.edu/ map-large.html?id=523 for distribution map.
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Biology. Only one species has been reared:
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<taxonomicName id="E2C7F6C3561D20AA8C06A1E95BDB418A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184927" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia watshami Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="watshami">Nixonia watshami</taxonomicName>
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a parasitoid of the eggs of
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<taxonomicName id="1A0D2D8ADE1DC83DD69B0BFE50E53D2F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:30698" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Acanthoplus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker)" order="Orthoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discoidalis">A. discoidalis</taxonomicName>
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(Walker, 1869) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae,
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<taxonomicName id="DD23F2E14CE71EA059FB7318C3CB525A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:30695" higherTaxonomySource="Manual Input" lsidName-HNS="Hetrodinae " pageNumber="32" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Hetrodinae">Hetrodinae</taxonomicName>
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). The subfamily
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<taxonomicName id="3254B7864E5F7EDB359C1AC2C70C76E0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:30695" higherTaxonomySource="Manual Input" lsidName-HNS="Hetrodinae " pageNumber="32" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Hetrodinae">Hetrodinae</taxonomicName>
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is endemic to Africa and adjacent areas of the Arabian Peninsula (
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<bibRefCitation id="203E974BE8F5151F894124358A1917B4" author="Otte D" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Otte" journalOrPublisher="February" refId="ref6564" refString="Otte D, Eades CC, Braun H, Cigliano MM, Naskrecki P. Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.2. http: // osf 2. orthoptera. org. / accessed: 23 February, 2009 /" title="Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.2" volume="23" year="2009">Otte et al. 2009</bibRefCitation>
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) and all 14 genera are likely to play hosts for
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<taxonomicName id="964E4363942D957A6D641D981F22C417" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:523" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia Masner" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nixonia</taxonomicName>
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species. The host, however, of at least
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<taxonomicName id="78F6582CF63BE7291BA2022800CC9951" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184922" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia krombeini Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krombeini">N. krombeini</taxonomicName>
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which occurs outside the range of
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<taxonomicName id="DFD885B9FE1170416729840640B181BA" higherTaxonomySource="Manual Input" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Heterodinae">Heterodinae</taxonomicName>
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in tropical Asia must be some other large orthopteran (
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<bibRefCitation id="43F28FBA9D52D6F79DFAAF40B6821C4D" author="Johnson NF, Masner L" firstAuthor="Johnson" journalOrPublisher="American Museum Novitates" pagination="1 - 32" refId="ref6234" refString="Johnson NF, Masner L (2006) Revision of world species of the genus Nixonia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae). American Museum Novitates 3518: 1 - 32." title="Revision of world species of the genus Nixonia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae)" volume="3518" year="2006">Johnson and Masner 2006</bibRefCitation>
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).
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Key to species of
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<taxonomicName id="BE4F79F4FF5E8143FBD2CC92DBD8C703" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:523" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nixonia</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="157100CB943C87F50BD244B09D89E0E5" pageNumber="34">Online interactive Lucid matrix and Lucid Phoenix keys are available at: http://www. waspweb.org/Platygastroidea/Keys</paragraph>
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1 Third antennal segment shorter than, or subequal to, second antennal seg-
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Third antennal segment longer (>1.15x) than second antennal segment.........5
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Femora and tibiae reddish brown to black; eye height less than twice shortest distance between eyes..................................................................................4
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3 Medial portion of posterior margin of pronotum, scutellar rim, tegulae, propodeal tooth, margins of tergites 1-4, and tarsi yellow; upper mesepisternum punctuate; Namibia...............................................................
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<taxonomicName id="9462252922CC021DD943FDAD94D7B5DE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184920" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia flavocincta Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavocincta">N. flavocincta</taxonomicName>
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, metasoma black without yellow markings, tarsi dark brown; upper mesepisternum longitudinally striate; Namibia.......................
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<taxonomicName id="BAC38205388807B5AC7ED392A091470E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:186925" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia sicaria Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sicaria">N. sicaria</taxonomicName>
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4 Forewings extending to middle or posterior margin of tergite 4; female metasoma with tergites 2-4 brick red, mid- and hind femora and tibiae reddish brown; South Africa.................................................................
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- Forewings longer, extending nearly to posterior margin of tergite 5; female body and legs entirely black; South Africa.....................................
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<taxonomicName id="EB024462E63685B4A6E5B2A705267472" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184926" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia stygica Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stygica">N. stygica</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="F0DFB85D41C55259F2FA216813DEEAD2" pageNumber="34">5 Third antennal segment only slightly longer (1.15x) than second antenn segment .....................................................................................................6</keyLead>
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6 Occipital carina not developed; female tergite 6 irregularly carinate; female body and legs entirely black; South Africa..................................
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<taxonomicName id="B9F14A47D2533D39BEFD9B265F30BC72" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184919" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia elongata Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">N. elongata</taxonomicName>
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- Occipital carina massive; female tergite 6 longitudinally carinate; female metasomatic segments 2-5 brick red; legs, except coxae, reddish orange; South Africa, Botswana....................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="9A237FAF8EA0AD102F9011D31708921A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184924" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia pecki Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pecki">N. pecki</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="30DAD79C756A3558254B467244E50AF6" pageNumber="34">7 Maxillary palpomere 4 cylindrical; mandible long, with lower tooth either absent or much shorter than upper, base of mandible with dense tuft of thick setae......................................................................................8</keyLead>
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Maxillary palpomere 4 with strongly expanded lateral lobe, width of palpomere nearly equal to its length; mandible short, bidentate, lower tooth only slightly shorter than upper, base of mandible without dense tuft of thick setae..........................................................................................................10
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8 Mandible unidentate, with no indication of lower tooth; legs orange-yellow; Somalia.............................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="D37818FD56CC152D2A5C2153F4C2FC19" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184917" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia bini Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bini">N. bini</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="B321B3FE4D3329A6878978812F14138F" pageNumber="34">- Mandible with short, but distinct lower tooth; legs black............................9</keyLead>
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9 Mesoscutum and scutellum with irregular, sharply defined rugulosities, with small setigerous punctures scattered over surface; tegula reddish brown, distinctly lighter in color than mesoscutum; Egypt.........................
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<taxonomicName id="A644F66836935AF07B8D7CD851417980" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184925" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia priesneri Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="priesneri">N. priesneri</taxonomicName>
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Mesoscutum and scutellum covered by deep, confluent, large setigerous punctures; tegula black, concolorous with mesoscutum; Angola, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe.................................................
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<taxonomicName id="9BDA3BD6213DD0A57CF041D2E22A0686" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:4943" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia atra Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atra">N. atra</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="E693CB2F3BD10660E13C3112E15C29BC" pageNumber="34">10 Propodeal tooth cordate to subcordate, sides convex, longitudinally carinate, with or without medial depression; scutellum longitudinally striate; female tergite 6 deeply, emarginate posteromedially; large, 9 mm in length; South Africa.......11</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="47E57DC422F47E1CBE402004195C9F56" pageNumber="34">- Propodeal tooth with sides straight, and pointed or ligulate, usually with deep medial depression; scutellum areolate-punctate; female tergite 6 with only shallow emargination posteromedially; moderate in size, 5-7 mm in length......12</keyLead>
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11 Fore- and midtibiae with numerous stout, semi-erect, dark spines over outer surface; propodeal tooth without depression; female tergite 6 deeply, narrowly emarginate posteromedially, lateral flanges narrow..................
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<taxonomicName id="3E127FD87CFD296F59627AE3C2A220BF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184921" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia gigas Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gigas">N. gigas</taxonomicName>
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and midtibiae at most with small, semi-appressed spines; propodeal tooth with posterior-medial depression; female tergite 6 with deep, broad emargination posterio-medially, lateral flanges wide and conspicuous.......
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<taxonomicName id="9A0228E0B7884C1E51F8EE86224B6D33" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:247389" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia mcgregori van Noort & Johnson" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mcgregori">N. mcgregori</taxonomicName>
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12 Eye height distinctly greater than shortest distance between eyes; mesoscutum with scattered punctures and wide interstices with dense mat microsculpture; India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam..............................
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<taxonomicName id="5A3019C3E7CCD99C995D62A70CCFD18C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184922" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia krombeini Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krombeini">N. krombeini</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="9CC089939E5D871C12EE775350F2072E" pageNumber="34">- Eye height sub-equal to, or only slightly greater, than shortest distance between eyes; mesoscutum with dense large punctures and narrow interstices with shining surface; Africa.......................................................................13</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="23BB8106580134A7649E3785BE9474BF" pageNumber="34">13 Shortest distance between eyes 0.9x eye height; forewing with several streaks of heavy infuscation; body length 7-10 mm; South Africa........................14</keyLead>
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distance between eyes equal to eye height; forewing with only moderate streaks of infuscation; body length 5-0-5-5 mm...............................15
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14 Mesoscutum wider than long; scape elongate (
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longer than wide); dense field of setae obvious on vertex in anterior view; pronotal shoulders rounded-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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<taxonomicName id="3EF5E1D7D375E8BA4FD8F2BBF6D9E6AC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184923" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia lamorali Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lamorali">N. lamorali</taxonomicName>
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- Mesoscutum as wide as long; scape expanded (2.5x longer than wide); setae sparse on vertex; pronotal shoulders subquadrate ------------------------
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<taxonomicName id="170E2EA7A06E8CCA58A8349FE6B83FBF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:247388" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia masneri van Noort & Johnson" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="masneri">N. masneri</taxonomicName>
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15 Mesosoma, antennae, and legs entirely dark brown to black; Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe.....................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="F710B00D7F71778E225C22FBCA8B903F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:184927" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Nixonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nixonia watshami Johnson & Masner" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="34" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="watshami">N. watshami</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="7BC72A98B0F97612DC6D493C88D6EAB3" pageNumber="34">- Pronotum, mesonotum, antennomeres 1-3, and legs beyond coxae deep orange to reddish brown; Namibia.................................................N. pretiosa</keyLead>
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