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Ooctonus infuscatus Huber

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

Ooctonus infuscatus Huber ms

ClassificationIdentification keys

Figs 11–13. Ooctonus infuscatus, holotype. 11, head + antenna; 12, wings; 13, mesosoma, dorsal. Scale lines = 250 μm.

Figs 14–16. Ooctonus infuscatus.14, gaster, holotype ventral; 15, holotype slide.  Scale lines = 250 μm.

Figs 28–32. Ooctonus infuscatus, micrographs. 28, head, posterodorsal; 29, mesosoma, dorsal; 30, mesosoma, dorsolateral; 31, metasoma dorsal; 32, metasoma, dorsolateral. Scale lines = 100 μm.

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

Huber, J., Read, J.D. & van Noort, S. 2010. The genus Ooctonus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Afrotropical region, with comments on other southern hemisphere species. African Entomology 18: 221-234.

Credits

Photographs © John Huber & Jennifer Read (Canadian National Collection of Insects).

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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