HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits
 

Micrapion dalyi Bouček

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Leucospidae; Genus: Micrapion)

Micrapion dalyi Bouček, 1974. Holotype in London (NHMUK). Type locality: Kiboko, Hunter's Lodge, Kenya.

Classification

Distribution

Kenya, Namibia.

Biology

Parasitoid of Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911 (Apidae) (Bouček, 1974; Daly, 1988).

References

Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement 23: 1-241.

Daly H.V. 1988. Bees of the new genus Ctenoceratina in Africa south of the Sahara (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 108: 1-69.

Madl, M. & Schwarz, M. 2012. Catalogue and faunistics of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Ethiopian region excluding Malagasy subregion. Linzer biologische Beiträge 44: 1221-1235.

Credits

Photographs and 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>).

Copyright 2004-2024 Iziko Museums of South Africa

customisable counter