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Senegalella Risbec

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Torymidae; Subfamily: Toryminae; Tribe: Torymoidini)

Senegalella Risbec, 1951.

 

Senegalella acythopeusi Risbec, 1951 (Madagascar, Rwanda, Senegal)

 

Senegalella australis Risbec, 1951 (Madagascar)

 

Senegalella leguminosae Risbec, 1951 (Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal. Also Oriental: India)

 

Senegalella metallica Risbec, 1951 (Rwanda)

Distribution

Afrotropical &  Oriental regions.

Biology

Parasitoid of Bruchidae developing in Acacia seeds.

References

Masi, L. 1921. Spolia hymenopteroloica. Annali de Museo Civico Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. Genova 49: 235-241.

Risbec, J. 1951. 1. Les Chalcidoides de l'Afrique occidentale française. Mémoires de l'Institute Français d'Afrique Noire, Ifan-Dakar 13: 7-409.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

 

Next genus: Torymoidellus


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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