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Heterogyna nocticola Ohl

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Apoidea; Family: Heterogynaidae; Genus: Heterogyna)

Heterogyna nocticola Ohl, 2006 (in Ohl & Bleidorn, 2006). Holotype: in California California of Sciences, San Francisco (CASC). Type locality: Oman: desert SW Daghmar at 23°09.2'N 58°58.2'E.


Male paratype (BMNH)

Female paratype

Male paratype

Distribution

Oman, United Arab Emirates.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Day, M.C. 1984. The enigmatic genus Heterogyna Nagy (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae; Heterogyninae). Systematic Entomology 9: 293–307.

Ohl, M. & Bleidorn, C. 2006. The phylogenetic position of the enigmatic wasp family Heterogynaidae based on molecular data, with description of a new, nocturnal species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Systematic Entomology 31: 321–337. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00313.x

Soliman AM, Gadallah NS, Ohl M & Dhafer HMA. 2017. Revision of the digger wasps of the Ampulicidae and Heterogynaidae (Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia, with the description of a new species of the enigmatic genus Heterogyna Nagy. Journal of Natural History 51: 2057-2085. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1355492.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or © Ahmed Mostafa Soliman (Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University). Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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