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Kilomotoia kitoko Gumovsky

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

Kilomotoia kitoko Gumovsky, 2016. Holotype in The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, lturi Province, Djugu Territory, Mongbwalu mining headquarters, 01°56'32.19"N 30°02'30.46"E, 1224m.

Kilomotoia kitoko. A, B, holotype (from D.R. Congo): habitus in lateral (A) and dorsal (B) views. C-H, paratypes from Uganda: C, habitus in lateral view; D, F, head in frontal view; E, head and mesosoma enlarged; G; antenna; H, mandible. Photographs © Alex Gumovsky (Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukraine).

Kilomotoia kiloko. A. B. head, mesosoma and anterior part of metasoma, dorsal view. C, entire: habitus. D-F. posterior end of gaster: D. dorsal view; E. F. Iateral. views. (White arrows in A. C, D points to dorsal submedian ridge stretching to deep emargination of posterior margins of gastral tergites; white arrows in E point to lightly sculptured areas). Photographs © Alex Gumovsky (Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukraine).

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Gumovsky, A. 2016. A review of genera and described Afrotropical species of Tetracampinae (Hymenoptera: Tetracampidae), with description of a new genus from East Central Africa. Zootaxa 4111: 393-420.

Credits

Photographs © Alex Gumovsky (Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukraine). 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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