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Micrapion nasutum Bouček

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

Micrapion nasutum Bouček, 1974. Holotype in London (NHMUK). Type locality: Arusha National Park, Small Momela Lake, Tanzania.

Classification

Distribution

Kenya, Tanzania.

Biology

Parasitoid of Ceratina pennicillata Friese, 1905 (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)

 

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